The Byron Shire Echo – Issue 37.52 – June 7, 2023

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door deals on fastFully sick Byron skate bowl! Closed tracked land rezonings Hans Lovejoy

Definitely the newest, and possibly the best tourist attraction Byron has to offer, Jarjumirr Park, is a competition-level skate park that is located between the courthouse, library and Youth Activities Centre (YAC).

But it’s not only the skate part that’s awesome – there is plenty of grass and shade, with barbecues, picnic tables, seating, a climbing wall, and cycle paths. On Saturday, Jake Thatcher made his second trip down in three days from the Gold Coast to the venue. He said that out of the 30 or so parks he has been to: ‘I rate this one pretty high’. Byron Shire Council kicked off the project in 2017, and say it was completed with NSW government funding of $2.05M and $600,000 from Council. Photo Eve Jeffery

'ĕưĕōşżĕſ žƖĶĕƐōƷ ſĕưĶƆĕƆ ōëſīĕ ƖǔşōŊ ' The company behind a controversial mixed-use development in the heart of Suffolk Park has quietly submitted revised plans for the proposal as part of the ongoing court battle over the matter.

Sydney-based developer, Denwol Pty Ltd, took Byron Council to the Land & Environment Court after it refused their plans to build

two new three-storey buildings, containing 16 units, seven town houses and 300m2 of commercial space at 9–15 Clifford Street.

Council had set out 17 separate reasons for refusing the development application when it was originally submitted last year, including factors related to the environmental impacts, design, bushfire risk and affordable housing claims.

With the formal court hearing getting underway last week, Denwol made an application to the court to submit amended plans for the project.

This followed an amended DA that was submitted in April which involved a significant reduction in the size of the development.

Published on Council’s website, these amended plans involve ▶ Continued on page 3

Fire season coming – time to join the RFS ▶ p5

Redress scheme cruel, says sexual abuse survivor ▶ p9

Old & Gold: treasures to be found this weekend! ▶ p15

Paul Bibby

Up to 1,300 new dwellings could be accommodated in Byron Shire under vague draft fast-track development plans released by the NSW government-run Northern Rivers Reconstruction Corporation (NRRC) last week.

Describing it as a ‘unique opportunity’, the glossy The Resilient Land Strategy brochure by NRRC ‘identifies’, but does not disclose, north coast land that will be ‘accelerated for delivery with funding support’.

The plans indicate Saddle Road, located on the highway turn off to Brunswick Heads and Mullumbimby, could house up to 800 homes, while land bordering Bangalow’s south could accommodate 500 homes.

Another medium-term floodfree parcel of land is also pegged on the indicative map; it is located just west of Bangalow on Bangalow Road heading towards Lismore.

While NRRC are seeking public feedback on the proposals, the plans do not provide any framework that would ensure any newly released land would be ‘affordable’ or directly benefit those affected by the 2022 floods.

However, there was mention of ‘Financial support for social and affordable housing development’, and ‘Innovative housing pilot programs’ worth $100M.

Mute Mayor Michael Mayor Michael Lyon, who has led closed doors discussions with NRRC, refused to comment to The Echo on the exact locations, nor why he excluded other councillors from negotiations.

Cr Peter Westheimer, who was elected on the mayor’s ticket, told The Echo he ‘would have preferred to be involved’.

Additionally, local NSW MP Tamara Smith (Greens), told The Echo she was briefed by the NRRC and was told they only consulted with mayors and general mangers.

She said, ‘I would prefer a more transparent approach where the community genuinely gets to have a say about what will be significant developments across the region, and in the Ballina electorate’.

322 expressions of interest were received across the region, say the NRRC, and a panel have identified ‘22 potential development sites across the Northern Rivers on both private and public land’.

Approximately 7,800 dwellings could house flood affected residents across the region, it says.

While The Echo was not advised by the NRRC of the document’s release on Friday, local ABC journalists were.

Elloise Farrow-Smith reported online that Lismore Labor MP, Janelle Saffin, was frustrated at the NRRC’s lack of detail with the plans.

Farrow-Smith wrote, ‘No-one from the corporation was willing to be interviewed. The ABC was invited to an online briefing about the strategy with the corporation, during which it was forbidden to record or reproduce any part of the briefing. ABC journalists were permitted to ask questions but were not able to use the answers or attribute the comments made by anyone in the briefing’.

NRRC’s land strategy is available at https://tinyurl.com/mtfxbb6w.

Murwillumbah, a magic place just over the range ▶ p19

Mandy: What are you waiting for? ▶ p24

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LĕƷ īşưƐǿ ōĕëưĕ ŊşëōëƆ ëōşŕĕǿ Photo & story Eve Jeffery An Echo article about saving koalas in the Braemar State forest prompted 12-year-old Leila, from Byron Public School, to share the plight of our cute marsupial icon with her class.

As a result, Leila and her friend, Chaska, with the help of Leila’s mum, Tara, have started an online petition and have included the details of the ministers for environment and forestry, so they can see the progress of the petition.

Leila said that after hearing that koalas in NSW are now classified as an endangered species, she had to take action.

‘I have been raising money for a local koala group (Bangalow Koalas), and now I am raising awareness about the destruction of their habitat’, she told The Echo.

‘There is a population of koalas in NSW currently at risk of losing their homes.

‘There is a plan by the NSW government to remove over 5,000 mature koala feed trees from the Braemar

‘The reason we want to go on and on is because we live in an impoverished present’.

Mrs Miller’s Year Six class at Byron Public School have their ‘save the koala’ letters ready to send to the government.

State Forest.

‘The Braemar State Forest has been surveyed by the North East Forest Alliance (NEFA) and found to be heavily populated by koalas.

‘Previously, logging in this area had been restricted to only allowing half of the forest area to be harvested, but the rules were changed by the Berejiklian

government to allow for only five small koala feed trees per hectare to be protected.

‘In 2019, there was a bushfire that devastated the area and wiped out 50–70 per cent of the koala population.

‘Every individual koala is so important and we cannot afford to lose any more,’ said Leila. ‘It is predicted that our unique koalas could be

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extinct by 2050. It’s not too late. We can stop this.

‘Please sign the petition and help stop the logging of the Braemar State Forest, home of our beautiful koalas.

‘Hopefully it will make an impact and help to stop the logging.’

Everyone is invited to sign the petition online: chng.it/rMfzq4SkDM.

'ĶƆëƆƐĕſ ƱëſŕĶŕī ĶŔżſşưĕŔĕŕƐƆ ĈşŔżōĕƐĕĎ ćƷ ǟǝǟǢǽ ƆëƷƆ m É dëćşſ Hans Lovejoy With the federal Labor government recently pledging $236M for a much-needed national disaster warning network over a ten-year timeframe, The Echo asked NSW Emergency Minister, Jihad Dib, ‘Is there any appetite from NSW Labor to fast-track such essential infrastructure, given non-operational flood gauges in this region led to inaccurate, or an absence of,

flood-level warnings, which put lives at risk?’.

Minister Dib replied, ‘This government is committed to building more accurate and complete data for flood threat modelling systems’.

‘We are working with the Bureau of Meteorology on priority flood warning service improvements.

‘In response to the catastrophic flooding in February and March 2022, the Australian government

has allocated $15 million in funding from the Commonwealth’s Emergency Response Fund for NSW to make improvements in the affected Local Government Areas (LGAs).

!ëƐĈIJŔĕŕƐƆ ‘Improvements to the service are being investigated in the Richmond and Wilson Valley Catchment.

Investigations in other locations will follow.

‘Priority upgrades will be designed and implemented as soon as investigations in specific areas are completed.

The overall project is scheduled for completion in 2025.

‘We welcome the Australian government’s commitment to upgrading the national flood warning network, and will continue to work with them to ensure NSW communities are able to benefit from these important upgrades’.

'ĕưĕōşżĕſ ſĕưĶƆĕƆ ōëſīĕ ƖǔşōŊ ëſŊ ' ▶ Continued from page 1 reducing in the number of residential apartments from 16 to seven, and the number of town houses from seven to six. There would be two retail tenancies.

Both buildings are reduced to two-storeys in the amended plans, though there is little difference in the overall height of the development.

There is also a significant increase in how far the buildings will be set back from the road, though this will require more trees to be cut down.

Resident, Lynne Richardson, said that the amended plans represented little change in practical terms www.echo.net.au

‘The only community members who were actually told were those who were due to give evidence during the hearing, – Resident, Lynne Richardson and we were only given a few days’ because the overall footprint notice to get our heads of the development was around the plans before ‘much the same’. doing that. ‘[Council’s lawyers, Mars!şŔŔƖŕĶƐƷ dens] only told us a few days before we were due to give ĕƶĈōƖĎĕĎ evidence, and they asked us She also said that the to respect the confidentiality process by which the most of the developer by not recent amendment had been disseminating the new plans submitted had excluded the more widely. In my opinion, community. the newly modified plans ‘I was enraged by the should have been more process,’ Ms Richardson said. widely circulated to the

‘[Council’s lawyers, Marsdens] asked us to respect the ĈşŕǔĎĕŕƐĶëōĶƐƷ şĪ ƐIJĕ Ďĕưĕōşżĕſ ćƷȝŕşƐ ĎĶƆƆĕŔĶŕëƐĶŕī ƐIJĕ ŕĕƱ plans more widely’.

Phillip Wolanski, Managing Director of Denwol Group.

Photo realestate.com.au community. This affects all of them so they should have been told.’

The Echo understands that Council will continue to contest the matter in court, despite the submission of the modified plans by the developer.

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Height limit pushed again in Byron CBD Paul Bibby

That’s a wrap… with giggles The Byron Comedy Festival brought the mirth and chuckles to the Bay last weekend. On Saturday night, there was standing-room only at the Surf Club, where the Women on Top show went off, with incredibly funny women: Alexandra Hudson, Ting Lim, MC Mandy Nolan, Kirsty Webeck, Janty Blair and Vanessa Larry Mitchell. Photo Eve Jeffery

Bangalow developer scales back DA to six cabins Paul Bibby A Bangalow landowner whose plans for a $1.3M tourism development were branded ‘excessive’ by Council has returned with a scaled down version of the proposal.

A decision on the revised DA will be made at Thursday’s Council meeting, with staff in support of the DA.

The original plan for 12 cabins, five swimming pools and a function centre on his property at 72 Lawlers Lane were summarily dismissed

by Council last November.

At the request of the landowner, Mr M Mamone, councillors agreed to defer the matter so that a more modest development application could be submitted.

That has now been done, with Mr Mamone proposing to build six holiday cabins on the site and ditching his plan for a function centre entirely.

A loop road would be built to provide access to the cabins, and the developer has promised to restore around five hectares of camphor laurel, which equates to an additional 800 trees.

Is it okay to breach a town’s building height limit by 30 per cent, so your holiday unit development can have a rooftop swimming pool?

That seems to be the assumption made by a Byron Bay developer, whose application is coming before this week’s Council planning meeting. The owners of 43 Lawson Street have submitted a modification application in a bid to effectively add an extra storey to their six-unit development on the strip.

If approved, the proposal would see the height of the build increase to 11.7m, which is 2.7m above the legislated height limit for that part of town. This would accommodate the rooftop pool and a large shed.

Council Planner, Patricia Docherty, has recommended that Council refuse the application, which she said raised ‘significant detrimental environmental impacts’ and was ‘not in the public interest’.

‘It is considered the height of building would impact on the visual amenity and scenic

Illustration from DA 10.2014.417.3. qualities of the coast, taking into account the surrounding coastal and built environment, and the bulk, scale and size of the proposed development,’ Ms Docherty said in her report, contained in the agenda to this week’s meeting.

‘The proposal does not demonstrate it is in keeping with the predominant character of the area, and would result in an intrusion when viewed from public land in the coastal foreshore locality.’

Ms Docherty said staff had raised these concerns with the developer, advising that the application would not

be supported by Council and should be withdrawn.

However, at the time of writing, the developer has not withdrawn the application.

It is not the first time the owners of 43 Lawson Street have sought to exceed the height limit with their plans for the site. The original application, submitted back in March 2015, was recommended for refusal for a range of reasons, including non-compliance with the building height limit. The matter was deferred, and then came back with a new application in December 2015 with a compliant height limit.

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Aslan Shand As the landscape dried out in the leadup, and during, the 2019–20 Black Summer fires, Ocean Shores resident, Kitty Crain, began to look around and wonder who would come to her rescue if a fire started in the bush around her home.

‘Ocean Shores is surrounded by bush, and I felt vulnerable in a suburb surrounded by bush. I thought “who’s going to come to our rescue?” I decided I’d better go and investigate, and that is why I joined the RFS,’ said Kitty, who is now President of the Billinudgel and Ocean Shores RFS. Following three years of wet weather, the resulting plant growth, and the prediction of an El Niño that will make eastern Australia drier this year, there is general concern that the upcoming fire season will be dangerous.

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Chinny Charge is on for 2023 Aslan Shand The 2023 Chinny Charge, a fun run up Mount Chincogan just north of Mullumbimby, is open for registration for both runners and walkers.

This year it will take place on Saturday, September 16, and it is the one day of the year that the access up the mountain is open to the public.

It is a great opportunity to either test your endurance, or just enjoy a lovely afternoon walk with friends.

There is the open adult race, as well as the children’s race, from Mullumbimby to the bottom of the mountain and back.

The race was started as a fundraiser for the Mullumbimby Swimming Pool, and the first race was run in 1960.

The second race took place in 1967, before it became an annual town event and fiesta.

Organisers hung up their laces in 2001, and it was another 16 years before the run was brought back, in 2017, by the Mullumbimby Chamber of Commerce.

‘There were two years that the run didn’t go ahead

Let’s unpack federal Labor’s housing bill and attack ads!

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Mount Chincogan. Photo Ziggi Browning because of covid, but we are really happy to be back again after last year’s successful event,’ said Mullumbimby Chamber of Commerce member, and run organiser, Jenelle Stanford.

ſĶǀĕƆ şŕ şǔĕſ Mullumbimby Ex-Services Club is sponsoring prizes for first female and male runners across the line, with the first place winners receiving $500.

The Echo is sponsoring prizes for first local female and male runners across the line, with the first place winners receiving $350.

There are three in perpetuity memorial awards – they are The Kevin Moran Memorial Shield, which is awarded for special effort and

encouragement of others; The Reg Burns Shield is awarded to first oldest female across the line; and The Dr Suresh Shield for the first oldest man across the line.

The Chinny Charge is once again an environmentally sustainable event with runners and walkers encouraged to take their own water bottles that they can recharge at water stations along the way.

All participants are asked not to take single use plastics onto the mountain. No dogs allowed.

There are 500 spaces for runners and walkers on the day.

All participants must be 12 years or older.

To book a place, visit www.eventwizards.com.au.

Political attack ads are underway by the local sitting Labor MP just a week after Greens candidate, Mandy Nolan, announced her second tilt for the local federal seat of Richmond.

According to www.aph.gov.au, the next federal election could be between August 3 2024 and May 17, 2025.

Long standing Labor MP, Justine Elliot, who has held the seat since 2004, has been using social media and newspaper ads (see page 7) to accuse the federal Greens of blocking a $10B Housing Australia Future Fund Bill 2023, which she says will ‘build social and affordable housing plus housing for women and children fleeing domestic violence, and more’.

By Monday, the federal Greens halved their demands in supporting the legislation, and are now calling for an ‘immediate rent freeze’ and a ‘guaranteed minimum spend of $2.5 billion per year on public, community and affordable housing, starting now’.

The Echo asked Nolan whether she believes Labor’s bill is at least a step in the right direction, ‘and then the law could be improved in the future?’

‘Does nothing for renters’ Nolan replied that Labor’s bill ‘does nothing for renters, many of whom are one rent increase away from homelessness.’

‘Currently, there is a shortage of 640,000 social and affordable homes in Australia, and that’s set to grow by 75,000 over the next five years.

‘The 30,000 homes figure [from the Bill] is best case scenario, and even then, it’s based on an allocation of $83,000 per home. $83,000!

I’d like to know what home our local Labor member thinks she can build for $83,000.

‘Labor has an opportunity to directly invest billions in public and affordable homes, and instead, they’re choosing tax cuts for the rich, stadiums and submarines.

There is nothing stopping them from investing directly in public housing but themselves’.

Nolan says the unmet housing need in the Richmond electorate (from Tweed to Ballina Shires) is estimated to be 5,800 homes, according to UNSW City Future Research Centre (Source: www.cityfutures.ada.unsw. edu.au/cityviz/housing-need-dashboard).

20 government-subsidised homes by 2026.

‘The government is doing nothing whatsoever for the 16,786 families renting in Richmond’, said Nolan.

Elliot replied to Nolan’s claims with the assertion that ‘at all levels of government, the Labor Party builds houses and the Greens Party blocks them’.

Referring to the National Rental Affordability Scheme (NRAS), Mrs Elliot said it was a ‘desperate attempt to divert attention from her party’s destructive actions in the Federal Parliament’ and, that Nolan ‘failed to understand that this program was actually cancelled nearly a decade ago by [former Liberals PM] Tony Abbott and had been deliberately winding down under previous Liberals-National governments ever since then, leaving us with nothing’.

New solutions needed: Labor ‘With this program having been cancelled by the previous government, we need new solutions – and the Albanese Labor Government has introduced the $10 billion Housing Australia Future Fund, the biggest investment in social and affordable housing in a decade.

‘Unfortunately, as Echo readers will know, the Greens are blocking it – along with the Liberals, Nationals, and Pauline Hanson’s One Nation’.

‘As the Assistant Minister for the Prevention of Family Violence, I’m on the ground speaking to people and groups involved, and working hard to get this bill passed.

‘Our community is desperate for housing and the Greens Party needs to either back the bill or just get out of the way.

Fixing a decade of neglect from the previous government (which let wait times for housing in Richmond blow out to 10 years) needs action, and our community has every right to be angry that the Greens Party continues to block this important bill in Parliament.’

‘It’s very, very disappointing that Mandy Nolan’s Greens Party colleagues are delaying the building of 30,000 new social and affordable homes for people in need.

Elliot added, ‘It’s disgraceful that, while locals are living in cars, and women and children fleeing domestic violence have nowhere to go, candidate Mandy Nolan and her Greens Party colleagues are playing political games to try to win votes’.

Doesn’t add up Ten-year waiting list for social Nolan’s office also told The Echo, ‘The housing in Richmond electorate Housing Australia Future Fund is a $10 billion And, according to the NSW government’s own statistics, the Richmond electorate has a social housing wait list time of more than ten years (Source: www.facs.nsw.gov. au/housing/help/applying-assistance/ expected-waiting-times).

‘At the same time, the government is winding back the National Rental Affordability Scheme (NRAS), which will see 97 homes removed from government-subsidised housing in Tweed Heads (Richmond electorate)’.

On page 10 of the December 2022 NRAS Quarterly Performance Report, it states 20 government-subsidised homes will be removed in Tweed by 2024, and a further 77 by 2026 (Source: www.dss.gov.au/sites/ default/files/documents/03_2023/december2022-nras-quarterly-performance-report.pdf).

Additionally, Lismore (page 9) is set to lose

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investment fund that gambles tax payer dollars on the stock market’. ‘[If it were in place now] The fund would have lost $120 million last financial year.

‘In the years that the fund does generate a return, the bill caps total spend at $500 million a year.

‘Given the average cost of constructing social housing is about $300,000, and the absolute maximum investment per year is $500 million – that equates to about 1,600 homes.

‘Over five years, that would be about 8,000 homes, not 30,000. It just doesn’t add up.

‘The bill also doesn’t account for skyrocketing inflation; hence being a gamble’.

‘This is in contrast to investing directly in social and affordable housing to address the housing crisis now’. www.echo.net.au

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Byron’s Yarn Up and Murwillumbah’s Kinship Festival – celebrating Reconciliation Week The week-long celebrations across the region marked Reconciliation Week and commemorate two significant milestone dates in the reconciliation journey – the successful 1967 referendum on May 27, and the High Court Mabo decision June 3, Mabo Day.

Flood trauma? Free women’s mindful healing workshops available WORTH (Women’s Outreach Trauma Health Service) are reaching out to women over 16 who have been affected by the 2022 floods who would like to participate in a free ‘Mindful Healing in times of trauma’ course.

Busking For Change in the Northern Rivers If there is one thing that Northern Rivers communities love, it’s a good busker! And after a successful pilot program in 2022, Busking For Change is launching nationally – we’re in!

Grant for innovative Birthing on Country program Birthing on Country can be very important for many Aboriginal women, but many face the challenge of leaving Country to access medical care when their babies come.

A deer in the headlights The Tweed, Byron, and Kyogle Shires have joined forces to find out just what is happening with feral deer in the region.

Tweed Council to start nappy rebate scheme but defer Cudgen Creek Masterplan The last Tweed Shire Council meeting (May 18, 2023) saw the Reusable Nappy Rebate Scheme adopted by councillors, the rail trail impacts were discussed, while a decision on the motion to go ahead with the Cudgen Creek Masterplan was deferred.

Tragic death of two men in Yamba NSW Police spoke to the media last week after the body of a man and a teenage boy were located inside a home at Yamba.

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Federal Labor have announced local Indigenous companies in Tweed Heads are starting construction of new facilities, which will benefit the Australian Army’s A Company, 41st Battalion, Royal NSW Regiment and 225 Army Cadet Unit.

In a press release on Monday, the office of local MP Justine Elliot, said, ‘Local business, DDR Pty Ltd, which has 51 per cent Indigenous ownership, recently secured a $12.71 million contract for construction’.

‘Importantly, Jabin Project Management, a wholly Indigenous-owned company, will provide support to DDR Pty Ltd throughout the construction process’.

The development includes a multi-user depot with

Mad Hatter’s tea party saves koalas, for a day, near Taree

A Mad Hatter’s tea party on a logging road managed to turn one logging truck around. Photo supplied

Elliot turned the first sod with Assistant Minister for Defence, Matt Thistlethwaite. Photo supplied storage, parking, and associated infrastructure, including a minor refurbishment of the

Training Ship Vampire, a facility that the Royal Australian Navy Cadets use.

On June 5, a Mad Hatter’s tea party celebrating World Environment Day was held on a logging road at the entrance to the Yarratt State Forest, near Taree.

North East Forest Alliance spokesperson, Susie Russell, said the action was to help save the much loved and diminishing koala population. ‘Government after

government condones the destruction of their homes, and then laments their declining populations’ she said. ‘Here in the Manning Valley, the most significant lowland koala forest that was not burnt in the 2019 fires, is being scalped. Every day, more truck loads of koala trees are taken out of Yarratt State Forest,’ said Russell.

A dive into fossil fuel investments within local Councils Mia Armitage Ballina Shire Council had more than $60 million invested in fossil fuel aligned companies on behalf of ratepayers as of the end of April 2023.

That’s what emerged from May’s Council meeting, where the staff report says that, of the $107.3 million in various investments, mostly with fossil fuel aligned banks, the largest share at 14.9 per cent was with Westpac, followed by 14 per cent with the Commonwealth Bank (CBA) and 13 per cent in the National Australia Bank (NAB).

Together, the three major banks represented nearly 42 per cent of the total Ballina Council investment portfolio.

A detailed staff graph showed none of the three were classified as fossil fuel free or green.

A further 6.5 per cent of investment funds were allocated to each of the Bank of Queensland and ME Bank and 4.8 per cent to AMP Bank, with none of those three classified as fossil fuel free or Green.

Around 37.5 per cent of the portfolio was classified as fossil fuel free or Green, including funds with Suncorp, BankVic, Auswide Bank, Bendigo and Adelaide Bank, Defence Bank and Police Bank.

The figure was an increase of around three percentage points compared to March figures, with staff saying they’d

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made $8 million worth of new investments in April, including $5 million in ‘non-fossil fuel aligned institutions’.

At the meeting, staff indicated future possibilities for more non-fossil fuel aligned projects, with the introduction of increased investment quotas or percentages for B-rated investments. An amended Ballina Shire Council investment policy, with the suggested increases was approved for public display and feedback at the meeting.

‘Our numbers are pretty similar to Lismore at the moment,’ Cr Bruem said when supporting the amended investment policy for public display, ‘and about double what Byron Shire is doing, which is interesting’.

‘I think there are many people in the shire who have a very hard-headed and sensible approach to this topic,’ Cr Bruem said, ‘and they still view fossil fuels as legal and a legal business in the country’.

‘They don’t necessarily see it as something to be avoided all at all costs,’ he said.

Byron Shire Council Meanwhile, Byron Shire Council investment figures for the end of April 2023 showed it had more than $72 million of ratepayer money in various banks, again mostly aligned with fossil fuel companies.

More than 29 per cent of the funds were in a CBA Business Saver account, excluding

some $660,000 in a separate CBA Business Saver account for a Tourism Infrastructure Grant Fund, representing more than $22 million banked with the CBA in total.

Nearly 24 per cent of Byron Shire Council’s investment funds – $17 million – was invested across nine accounts with the NAB. Another $10 million was in a Macquarie Accelerator Call account, but that didn’t include $7 million spread across seven other Macquarie accounts, representing another 24 per cent of Byron Shire Council’s investment funds.

The three banks together represented 77 per cent of Byron Shire’s investments and weren’t classified as fossil fuel free.

They didn’t include the other fossil fuel aligned accounts in the likes of the Bank of Qld, and AMP etc.

Fossil fuel free aligned investments accounted for less than $10 million, or less than 14 per cent of Byron Shire Council’s portfolio.

Cr Bruem was therefore inaccurate when he said Ballina Council invested twice as much as Byron in so-called green funds – on percentages alone, Ballina is investing closer to three times as much and that’s before its substantially bigger portfolio is taken into account.

As for the Lismore City Council, reports presented to councillors in May

showed more than $114 million invested on behalf of ratepayers.

Lismore City Council leads region Staff noted the council was ‘actively seeking ethical investments’ and had increased the ratio held to 40 per cent, with another $14 million recently included.

Staff said ‘ethical’ investments included fossil fuel free investments.

‘The Ethical Investments products available to Council are currently limited, and as with any investment, needs to be managed in line with Council’s cashflow requirements, investment strategy, and the risk to capital,’ staff said.

Staff said Council investment decisions also had to comply with the ‘Minister’s Investment Order’ and the ‘Investment Policy adopted

by Council’.

Tweed Council Further north in the Tweed Shire, a Council Investment Report Pack for the month of April showed a much bigger portfolio than Byron, Ballina and Lismore put together.

The report said the Council had nearly $420 million invested on behalf of ratepayers.

The data didn’t label investments according to their fossil fuel alignments,

but most banks used were the same as those used by other local governments.

The Tweed Shire Council had more than $70 million invested with the CBA, representing nearly 17 per cent of its portfolio.

Westpac represented more than 13 per cent of the portfolio, ING more than seven per cent, NAB nearly seven per cent and the Bank of Queensland more than six per cent.

The major banks listed above represented 50 per cent of the Tweed Shire Council’s investment portfolio, but didn’t include all investments with fossil fuel aligned accounts.

Smaller investments were held in other fossil fuel aligned accounts, such as nearly $9 million with the Macquarie Bank, representing more than two per cent of the portfolio, but more investigation would be required to reach a total figure.

Calculating how much money the Tweed Shire Council had invested with accounts that don’t sponsor fossil fuel projects was more difficult, but there was more than $46.2 million with Suncorp-Metway and $8 million with BankVic, two banks that Ballina Shire Council had labelled green.

Preliminary analysis suggested Tweed Council had at least $54.2 million or 13 per cent of its investment portfolio in non-fossil fuel aligned projects. www.echo.net.au

Local News Redress scheme cruel, says sexual abuse survivor Hans Lovejoy A man who gave evidence at the Royal Commission into institutional child sexual abuse has told The Echo that the resulting National Redress Scheme (NRS) ‘has been very cruel’ and that those who cannot afford to risk legal cases for an increased pay-out are being left behind.

‘I know child sexual abuse is a difficult subject’, says Robbie Gambley.

‘I am going public on this important issue to protect precious children’.

The establishment of the scheme was recommended by the Royal Commission, and started on July 1, 2018, and will run for ten years, according to the Department of Social Services.

Those who experienced institutional child sexual abuse are able gain access to counselling and psychological services, as well as monetary payments.

According to www.knowmore.org.au, those eligible can receive payment of up to $150,000. ‘The average redress payment is around $80,000’.

After being offered $73,000 via the Scheme to address

Robbie Gambley.

Photo supplied historical sexual abuse Robbie suffered as a child, he says he explored how he could receive a fairer payout.

‘I really do not want to go down that path, but just want fair compensation for the damage to my young life’, he said. ‘I was a young, innocent, happy teenage boy before the abuse occurred’.

‘A crime was committed.

The sexual, physical and psychological abuse – the assaults – almost totally destroyed my life. It almost cost me my life, but I am still here!’ He says before survivors of abuse can pursue a ‘second chance’ at civil action, they have to go to court to have their first case ‘set aside’, by the judge.

Courts in the states and territories determine the ‘second chance’ at civil action, Robbie says.

He says one law firm told him the abuse was ‘blatant and you have a strong case’.

‘Despite that, they would not risk going to court, because if the judge did not set my first case aside, they would incur the cost with no result, and I would be up for the institution’s costs. I survive on a Disability Support Pension, so I do not have financial backing to pay such a bill.’

‘PM unwilling to improve scheme’ ‘The new PM, Anthony Albanese, is not prepared to improve the scheme’, he says.

‘Minister for Social Services, Amanda Rishworth (Labor), will not hold a meeting, and is not proposing positive changes to the scheme.’

Local Labor MP, Justine Elliot, responded to The Echo on the matter and said, ‘We’re committed to making sure that the redress process is as smooth as possible, and my colleague, Social Services Minister, Amanda Rishworth,

has been determined to make improvements to this scheme since taking office last year.

‘Positive changes include enshrining a Survivor Roundtable into the governance arrangements, to make the scheme respectful of people’s lived experience, and enable more compassionate decision-making and investing more money in the Scheme for timelier outcomes.

‘Last month, the Albanese Labor government issued a full, transparent, and final response to all 38 recommendations of the independent second year review into the scheme’.

Meanwhile, Robbie said he worked very hard with Lismore detectives from 2005, which resulted in the perpetrator being arrested, charged and imprisoned.

He says, ‘It was a victory! I won over evil! Is it too much to ask for myself and other people to be awarded decent compensation to help get on with their life. To buy a home and live with some pride, dignity and comfort?’

‘I have never married, I do not have children, which is a great sadness for me. This is one impact from the abuse’.

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The Byron Shire Echo Volume 37 #52 • June 7, 2023

Dear Chris Minns NSW Premier 52 Martin Place SYDNEY NSW, 2000

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irstly, congratulations on winning the election in March, and becoming the new Labor premier.

For over a decade, the public suffered from some of the worst politics ever seen in the state, so there really is an opportunity to do good work, and improve the lives of all those living in NSW. The reason I am writing to you is to bring to your attention the unruly and unprofessional conduct of the Northern Rivers Reconstruction Corporation (NRRC), which is a NSW government-run corporation.

As you are aware, they are tasked with ‘building back $5.6 billion in public infrastructure damage’ from the 2022 floods, and assisting 6,500 people by buying back, raising, or retrofitting their flood-affected homes.

Regarding the Resilient Home Fund, which is the buyback, houseraising or retrofit schemes for floodaffected homes, it appears progress is extremely slow.

According to the NRRC website, 6,471 households are registered and are still waiting. Two buyback settlements have been completed, from a total of 831. Do you consider this efficient governance?

As Echo editor, I have also been contacted by residents regarding their eligibility for the house-raising or retrofitting streams.

They say no one has contacted them (in Byron Shire), and the deadline for NRRC to do this is June 30 – less than three weeks away.

I understand phone calls from the NRRC were meant to commence from mid April.

The Echo asked the NRRC last week if this deadline would be extended, but is yet to receive a reply.

Another aspect to their responsibilities is the Resilient Land Strategy, which is identifying flood-free land (both private and public) in the region that could be ‘fast-tracked’ to become residential.

Last week, they released this strategy to the ABC, exclusively it seems, and it was poorly received by a local MP from your own party, owing to a lack of detail.

Lismore MP, Jannelle Saffin told local ABC News the release of the strategy compared to the ABC-TV political satire Utopia.

Ballina MP, Tamara Smith (Greens), also has concerns, and told The Echo she wants more transparency, given only north coast mayors and general mangers were consulted with these land deals.

Smith also said, ‘We still do not have a true commitment from the new Labor Minns government for the second tranche of flood money that will deliver the bulk of the needs in Byron and Ballina Shires – houseraising and wet proofing’.

She added, ‘I have made it clear that if that is not in this year’s budget it will be devastating for people in our community who have been waiting patiently and following the process of expressing interest and registering.’

Please, Mr Minns, show leadership with this serious issue, and genuinely assist the flood-affected people of the Northern Rivers.

I suggest replacing the entire executive board of NRRC, including CEO David Witherdin, and his atrocious media team.

Additionally, please remove the corporation status of the NRRC, and newly formed NSW Reconstruction Authority, so the public can be informed of their activities through NSW parliamentary hearings.

It’s taxpayer money after all.

Yours sincerely, Hans Lovejoy Editor, Byron Shire Echo

he very first amendment made to the American Constitution protects freedom of speech and freedom of the press.

It is claimed that freedom of expression is essential to protect every other right that flows in a ‘free’ country. But is that true?

In Australia, we have spent the past year considering the health of our own democracy – the voters have strengthened the power of parliament by electing large crossbenches to hold the major parties (Labor and the Liberals–National coalition) to account.

A National Anti-Corruption Commission has finally been established.

Parliamentary inquiries have revealed the scandalous betrayal of taxpayers by large corporate consultancy firm, PwC. The court system has exposed a revered Victoria Cross (VC) recipient, Ben Roberts-Smith, as a probable war criminal.

But in every case, our ‘free’ news media has not merely had a role reporting on these stories – in the case of the VC recipient who failed in his defamation bid, the role of the media became the story itself.

Just as Roberts-Smith has gone from hero to zero, the two journalists he sued for defamation are now the heroes, talking us through how they conquered the odds to complete their mission.

We surely have feelings of gratitude for the journalists’ efforts.

But it is shattering to realise that somehow, as a nation, we blindly handed the Victoria Cross to a war criminal who became one of our most revered Australians.

We now face a difficult journey addressing our responsibility for war crimes, and unpicking how this could possibly have happened – what system, what culture, what sort of deranged groupthink could have perpetrated such a gigantic fraud on the Australian public?

What is worse, this hero-to-zero story is not an isolated case. It adds to a pattern of news stories where accepted norms and embedded narratives have been turned on their heads.

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‘Spying on one of the poorest countries in the world to steal economic advantage from them was said to be ĶŕȝşƖſ ŕëƐĶşŕëō ĶŕƐĕſĕƆƐțȁ – Catherine Cusack betrayed Australian taxpayers, has exploded thanks to media reporting.

For the Australian office of PwC to betray Australian taxpayers – in order to line the pockets of global clients like Glencore Mining – can only be described as economic treason. We have to ask how did we get into this situation where the institutions we rely on – the ATO, Treasury and even the Australian Federal Police (AFP) dropped the ball – and it fell to the free press to fill that void?

The free media has played a vital role in quashing astonishing abuses of power by our own government.

The appalling persecution of the Murugappans – a Tamil family of four better known as ‘the Biloela family’ went on for ten years in a game of cat and mouse that only ended with a change of government last year.

Similarly, the media was critical to ending the secret prosecution of Bernard Collaery – a lawyer accused of breaching the federal Intelligence Services Act 2001.

Mr Collaery helped his whistleblower client reveal embarrassing details about how Australia’s government, in 2004, spied on East Timor to gain a commercial advantage in sharing of Timor Sea oil and gas reserves. Think about it.

Spying on one of the poorest countries in the world to steal economic advantage from them was said to be in our national interest.

Revealing that shameful activity to an incredulous public was said to be against our national interests. It took nearly ten years for Collaery, aged 77, to be freed from persecution by his own government.

Later on, a couple of Guardian journalists figured out, and revealed, the staggering truth about Robodebt.

An ABC Four Corners story ‘Fox and the Big Lie’ revealed Murdoch media’s deliberate undermining of American democracy to protect Fox

profits, bringing down right-wing icon, Tucker Carlson, in the process.

And it was the media who discovered Scott Morrison’s multi-ministry scandal.

It took a persistent, questioning media effort to reveal that a 95-yearold nursing home resident ‘injured during an interaction with police’ had, in fact, been tasered, as she slowly approached them in a walking frame.

So much of this news is demoralising, and often calls into question our precious perceptions as to who we really are and what it means to be Australian.

Sometimes these media reports are particularly hard, because they reveal things that politicians, governments, institutions and we, the people, do not want the truth to be.

We wish it wasn’t true and so it falls to the media to force us to face it. To protect the truth, however unpleasant it proves to be.

This is never easy or simple – we are dismayed by the shattering of the mythology surrounding Ben Roberts-Smith. But we also need to remember the bravery of SAS soldiers who defended the truth and, in many ways, salvaged our honour as a nation. These men who stood by the gut-wrenching truth would rather run headlong towards Taliban bullets than talk to friendly journos.

It is a lot to absorb when heroes become villains and villains turn out to be heroes. It is especially troubling that truth can take so long to emerge.

As former US Secretary of State, Madelaine Albright, wrote: ‘The ability of a free and independent press to hold political leaders accountable is what makes open government possible – it is the heartbeat of democracy.’

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Stoney future

To David Morris

It seems like the world is in a constant state of war.

Refound this quote but can’t remember who said it: ‘The fourth world war will be fought with rocks and sticks’. This will be something lovely, warm and tactile that we can really enjoy. So much better than the nasty impersonal weapons used in the third world war.

Hannah Grace Ocean Shores

I refer to David Morris’ recent letter (May 24) about the ‘continual snide disparaging of the British (English monarchy).’

The confusing use of brackets appears to suggest he opposes the snide remarks against ‘the British’, which I also oppose; but the bulk of the article is a feeble attempt to defend the ‘English monarchy’, to which I respond: First, please specify which

republicans have been ‘duchessed’ by royal invitations. Is the suggestion that, whoever they are, they represent an affinity for the English monarchy of all republicans?

Next, as stated, the monarchy represents England, not Australia, hence the republican opposition to it in this country. The argument is that the ‘constitutional monarch’ ought to be confined to England, which royalists can defend there; it has no proper place in what should otherwise be

a self-determining country like Australia, unfettered by events such as the Whitlam dismissal.

And finally, the whataboutist distractions about wealthy film stars and CEOs, the other imperialist nations who ‘stole stuff’, and the cute rhyme to finish it all off, is wholly unconvincing, and probably a method for dealing with David’s cognitive dissonance; the recent Echo political cartoon of the king and queen sitting atop a mountain of jewels and skulls captures the core of the opposition to the institution that David holds so dear. Perhaps he would like to defend this institution’s imperialist history? I think he will struggle to do so.

Jason van Tol Myocum

Cane burn Thank you to the cane growers south of here for blanketing us with your smoke on such a beautiful day – not to mention the health hazard.

PS: Could you not have waited for a westerly instead of a southerly wind?

Peter Walters Ballina

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A just recovery depends on true democracy the current structures of decision making and power wielding, which do not allow us to meaningfully particiecovery from the pate. We have handed over floods in the Northern responsibility of governance Rivers of NSW has and self-determination revealed a failure in the to authorities for so long, political arrangements that privilege top-down decision exchanging them for the making and a neo liberal spoils of capitalism. Perhaps market-driven approach. now it is time for us to reThe are two failures of this engage with community life, process; the impact on tenwith politics, at this vitally ants and the rental market significant juncture. There from the relocation of homes are well researched on the floodplain; and the and trialled frameThe program has come lack of transparency and works and tools to Thousands of homes and businesses were flooded throughout the February and under criticism from many consultation by the Northern March 2022 floods. Pictured is flooding in Lismore. Photos David Lowe achieve this.

Rivers Reconstruction CorCitizens’ assemquarters. The focus was always poration (NRRC), the agency homes’, in effect a way for words ‘they don’t want to be will attempt to sell blies or juries ( www. on homeowners or investors. tasked with that process. Our the government to discharge landlords’. newdemocracy.com. the house for relocaHowever, at no point were the understanding is informed its liability for the loss. au) are robust means tion, salvage the Renters left out in by our interactions as The NRRC requires ‘vacant of participatory materials; or the last harsh implications for tenants Lismore residents and compossession’ before a homedemocracy designed option, demolition. the cold in many of the homes taken munity advocates with the owner can settle and receive to harness collective This might take place ĶŕƐşȞëĈĈşƖŕƐȂ The program has come community group Reclaim their buyback. If the property intelligence, engage weeks, months or under criticism from many Our Recovery (ROR). is rented, the tenants need critical thinking and years after settlequarters. The focus was A key component of to vacate for the owner to collaborative deliberation; ment. Meanwhile the houses, decisions have been made always on homeowners recovery is the Resilient receive their payout. It is the as well as take input from many currently habitable and programs are in place? or investors. However, at Homes Program that plans landlords who will have to experts on the topic at or easily made habitable, If the recovery is to be no point were the harsh to buy back approximately ask their tenants to leave. hand. Furthermore, citizens’ could sit empty, and the just, the community must implications for tenants in 2,000 properties in the After that, according to assemblies are pragmatic tenant, newly homeless, is have a seat at the decisionmany of the homes taken Northern Rivers. The proone of the directors of the out on the street looking at making table from the begin- and democratic in that they into account. If the house gram is designed to move Resilient Homes program, bring in ordinary people, their indefinitely boarded up ning – not just ‘consultation’ is of suitable quality, the houses from the highest-risk the NRRC will ‘secure’ the home wondering where they but engagement and agency. representing a microcosm owner may have arranged areas by paying owners premises and switch off of a region that would be will go next.

The community should to relocate it. Or the NRRC the ‘pre-flood cost of their the utilities. In their own affected by a decision, In recent public rallies be engaged in collectively then draw on the collective and outreach events organdeciding the future of the experience and intelligence ised by ROR, community towns and cities ravaged by responses showed a concern the recent catastrophic flood of this microcosm to capture the sentiments of the larger for the voiceless. Responses events. We argue that there group. Citizens’ assemblies showed that perceptions of is a need for true participaare not about public ‘those not being heard in the tory democracy, where the discussion’ included First community is involved in the opinion, full of ill-informed conspiracies and biases, they Nations people, children, challenging conversation are about creating public renters and the ecosystem about the future of towns judgement. itself. The homes program is and cities in a changed The recovery project and clearly homeowner-centric. climate.

Dear residents, the work of the NRRC is very This is not surprising in a This is a courtesy letter to advise you that a cultural event will be held at Time for community much a business-as-usual capitalist system, which Dening Park, Byron Bay on Saturday 17 June 2023. approach, where corporavalues capital and profit engagement This is an all-ages, all-inclusive event. tions are profiting from the above basic needs. ROR Event details: Council and NRRC are disaster. The roll-out of the exists to challenge the currently working on a program has many contraunsuitability of capitalism Event name: BYRON MUSIC FESTIVAL ‘Vision’ for Lismore. It will dictions. There is inequity in a disaster and collectively Event type: Community live music event be a document apparently everywhere, between invesimagine new ways of being.

Date: Saturday 17 June 2023 that will allow for ‘vigorous tors and owner-occupiers Is it really good enough for Event times: 11am – 8:30pm community comment’. We and between renters and the NSW government, in a Event bump-in: Friday 16 June 2023 believe there is no better the homeless and everyone housing crisis to leave liveEvent bump-out: Sunday 18 June 2023 time for the community else. At the same time, the able houses vacant in this The expected attendance is a maximum of 3,000 people over the nine-hour to be properly engaged in state continues to support area for prolonged periods? duration of the event. A shuttle bus service will be running throughout the day, this visioning process. We and facilitate carbon polThis issue highlights the and Traffic Attendants and accompanying signage will be present to assist in the have the opportunity with luting industries and the need for the community to reduction and smooth flow of vehicle and pedestrian traffic. the latest floods, to reckon destruction of our environcontinue to collaborate and There will be live amplified music between the hours of 11am – 8:30pm. maturely and collectively mental carbon sinks and act in solidarity – as we did Provisions have been made to ensure this has minimal impact on surrounding ecosystems. in the immediate wake of the with the consequences of residents. Noise levels will be monitored and recorded throughout the event to past decisions. Decisions Without centring particidisasters – and to keep raisremain compliant with EPA standards. patory democracy, justice, ing questions of social justice such as the building of a and ecology in our response to the NRRC. The NRRC does town on a floodplain; deciWe hope to see you at the event, in a celebration of our local creatives as a community, at a time when the music industry needs as much support as sions and policies to clear to the Northern Rivers seem open to this. In meetpossible so we can continue to provide our community with connection, 99 per cent of the Big Scrub floods, and centring the ings that ROR has had with healing, and joy through music. forest; and ongoing deciexperience and knowledge of members of the NRRC team, sions to pump carbon into First Nations people, we are they have said they want us BMF is run by locals for locals; produced by the team at Byron Music Shop. our atmosphere. sure to waste stupendous to keep bringing issues to For any enquiries during the festival, our hotline number is 0488 022 857.

As a community we have amounts of money, effort their attention to improve For more information, please visit www.byronmusicfestival.com.au to reckon with the disconand time, and condemn the program. But is this future generations to reckon enough, that the community nect between our need as Kind Regards, a community to determine with these traumatising has to intervene and cry out Byron Music Festival Team the fate of our region, and experiences again. to get mistakes fixed once

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Giving voice to The Uluru Statement from the Heart Q I have only limited under-

standing of ‘The Dreaming’ despite listening to and reading Indigenous explanations of how fundamental ‘The Dreaming’ is in Indigenous culture. I don’t well appreciate what it means to be ‘on Country’ except that it is deep attachment to ancestral land. I don’t really have an Indigenous view of ‘Mob’ and how it binds cultural groups together, nor of the taboos that apply within and between Indigenous people.

But all these, and more, are fundamental to Indigenous culture. I’m hoping that if we have a successful Voice referendum that these Indigenous concepts become part of our national identity in recognition of the occupation of this land by Indigenous people for many thousands of years. I think more understanding of these concepts, and many others, would enable us to understand how best to work with Indigenous people on all the areas of concern identified in ‘Closing the Gap’ reports.

There is a mountain of reading material available on how to improve Indigenous health. One study that sticks in my mind is about how a particular clinic was not having much success with helping Indigenous men because they were reluctant to attend a clinic and sit in a waiting room where women were also seeking medical assistance. It was culturally confronting. No sooner did the practice establish separate areas for women and men than many more men sought treatment, and were receiving much improved outcomes. That included fuller consultations

and check-ups with a view to early intervention.

This sort of grassroots change has been happening for some time now, well before any moves to establish a ‘Voice’. And of course it’s about how medical services are delivered not necessarily about law-making.

So what’s the value of a Voice to parliament? The Voice, with its constitutional basis, means that there is the mechanism for such cultural awareness to be applied when any laws impacting Indigenous people are in contemplation by government. Australia has accepted that Indigenous people have the right to be heard on matters that affect them under the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People, but Australia has been a laggard in implementing those rights. So it’s catch-up time.

Frank Lynch Mullumbimby Q There is so much igno-

rance on display with regards the Voice. The Voice came from First Nations people through hundreds of meetings of ordinary people leading up to the Uluru Statement several years ago.

It is not a product of politicians.

There is no risk to the sovereignty of parliament in the proposed amendment.

The rights and privileges

of the Voice will be set by parliament.

The Voice will be able to advocate Indigenous points of view, this will give them a rise in public status, which should mean the media will pay attention when they speak.

As to details, the Voice proposal was the subject of a review commissioned by the previous Liberal government. The authors of the review, Professors Marcia Langton and Tom Calma, have already published their work, which can be found on the government website.

That is why Leeser resigned from the ministry.

Dutton and Littleproud ignored the work done at his request and continue to do so.

There is nothing to be proud of, looking at our racist history towards Aboriginal people. Our Anglo ancestors massacred thousands, took their children and stole everything from the ancestors of present-day Aboriginals.

There can be no longterm damage from the Voice because it will be controlled by a set of rules by parliament. However, if we have a Voice enshrined in the constitution, at the very least, the powers that be will have to listen. And so will we.

The Uluru Statement from the Heart is asking us simply to listen to their proposals on how to address their day-today struggles in survival.

Please don’t miss this opportunity, and vote ‘Yes’.

First Nations people need the Voice to enhance their lives into the future.

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Letters Street camping ĶŕȞ Ʒſşŕ IJĶſĕ

North Coast news online handful of locals still living on this busy tourist strip.

Byron Shire Council’s kneejerk reaction to close off the car park area – that was stolen from the crown reserve parkland during a previous parking crisis – is absolutely pathetic.

I thought I was reading a Murdoch publication with quotes from our once Green Mayor stating: ‘I think we need to develop a reputation for zero-tolerance for illegal van camping’.

Ralph James, Council’s head of compliance, is on the record stating that Council rangers will not be targeting

homeless people in the crackdown on van campers.

He assured the community Personally, I find the nonthat rangers can identify stop redevelopment happenthe difference between the ing along South Beach Lane homeless, and travellers in Brunswick Heads far more reluctant to pay exorbitant annoying than the young prices for a campsite, when people picnicking and plantCouncil first adopted the ing pineapples in the park. policy and started rolling out The large three-storey the signposts prohibiting buildings with visually parking from 1am to 6am in imposing awnings and acres of vacant car parks all huge verandahs hanging over the Shire. over the laneway are far ‘We don’t want to live in more intrusive than the van a ‘police state’ but we do campers. It’s all happening want to live in a Shire where without Council oversight, people are following the and those tradies and their rules,’ Cr Lyon said. power tools certainly must Those rules don’t seem impact on the mood of the to apply to the substandard accommodation and Airbnbs operating illegally in residential areas that Council has never pursued with the same vigour or Cnr Tweed St & Booyun St determination. Both Byron Brunswick Heads Council and state boffins Next to IGA Supermarket frequently bend the rules for Mon to Fri 10am–4pm those developers wanting extra height or floor space Sat 9am–1pm – or who like to build on ALL CLOTHES $2 floodplains and dump loads of fill. byrondogrescue.org • Ph 0447 927 600 Mr Lyon is reading from Tony Abbott’s book for boofheads. Pick on those least able to fight back.

Let’s torment young people who can’t afford a home and are burdened with university fees and punish them for daring to holiday in Byron Shire without paying someone for the privilege.

50% OFF HENDRA VACCINATION! Let’s threaten them with Receive 50% off the initial Hendra vaccination $1,000-a-night fines for g the course. when starting or restarting sleeping in our streets and Available for June only! harass them with aggro cops and rangers pounding on the Call us today on windows at 3am.

(02) 6684 3818 For two decades the 124 Dalley Street, Council’s hardline attitude Mullumbimby has failed to deter street camping. They have failed www.mullumvet.com to consider any solutions beyond dumping a handful The end of the 2000s also saw of camp sites in the blazing Australia add to its tally of two

sun at the showgrounds or homegrown Grandmasters, after a near the sportsfield in the To continue chess history from long, long wait. In January 2007 last week: The 2000s began with a Zhao Zong Yuan created a record Industrial estate for a limited massive upset, Vladimir Kramnik which still stands by scoring his time with the fees increasing defeating Garry Kasparov in a three Grandmaster ‘norms’ in an recently, discouraging the eight week European trip during his world title match in London. most needy.

Only four years later, unable to university summer holidays, while organise a return match, Kasparov David Smerdon became Australia’s Council could utilise would retire, opening the way for fourth GM not long afterwards. prime sites like the old The 2 0 00s a l so s a w t h e r i se and the World Championship title to Pacific Highway area and the be reunited, since the younger rise of a young Norwegian. In 2004 old Finns building next to generation of Kramnik, Viswan‐ Magnus Carlsen came to world athan Anand and Veselin Topalov attention by winning the C Group at Ferry Reserve for overnight could barely remember why the famous Wijk aan Zee festival, campers – a site that has Kasparov and Nigel Short had playing some spectacular chess.

Within five y e ars C a rlsen was remained vacant since 2007. broken away from the world body There’s rail land from M’bah winning super-tournaments, one in FIDE in the first place.

After a few years of confusion Nanjing by a 2.5 point margin, and to Casino currently up for Anand emerged on top, defeating by January 2010 he was ranked grabs. Far better solutions world number one, a position he has both of his rivals in matches. could be implemented with In tandem, the 2000s was also since held almost continuously. that $250,000 – like actually It was clear that Carlsen would the period when FIDE became irretrievably corrupt, President inevitably become World Champ‐ opening up the big car parks Kirsan Iljumzhinov winning ion, except for one minor problem: at Ocean Shores, Mullum, election after election where the Norwegian did not seem and Byron and letting national delegates, having lined up particularly interested in the title. campers gather safely for the for wads of cash, would By 2010 Carlsen was modelling for photograph their secret ballot to G-Star Raw and simply dropped out night; they might even give prove that they deserved even of World Championship qualifying you a gold coin donation. more money. To its credit, events.

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Is zero-tolerance for van camping the right approach? beachfront car parks!

I urge Mr Lyon and his friends to find a better solution. Our crown reserve caravan parks have priced themselves out of the market. We need affordable sites for the thousands of young people who want to visit instead of using brute force to toss them out and imposing huge fines. Why don’t we have a positive outcome for young campers and homeless people in the Byron playbook? You bend over backwards for those developers.

Michele Grant Ocean Shores

Israel/ Palestine More killing of Palestinians on the West Bank by the Israeli military just recently.

Again. I know because I saw it on ABC TV news. I’m sick of all and sundry supporting Israel to carry out this persecution of Palestinians.

Yes, Hamas is the military wing of Palestine, I don’t agree with either sides’ aggression and killing of each other. Peace.

I was on a vigil in Byron Bay one year and a couple of Israelis (male/female) were saying and asking why we were flying the terrorist flag?

It was the Palestinian flag.

We tried to explain that we are a peace group and don’t support either side who perpetrate violence.

I don’t know if we convinced them. Young Israeli people have to do national service and learn how to kill, but of course that doesn’t make them killers.

There is a peace movement in Israel of people who don’t agree with their regimes’ use of violence.

Paul Brecht Evans Head

¨IJĕ ćĶī ōĶĕ Danny Wakil’s letter Echo, May 24) accuses Gareth Smith of spreading lies, but itself insults the intelligence of those who know the history of Zionist occupied Palestine. The biggest lie is

that Palestinians don’t exist, a lie inherent to the Zionist ideology and made explicit in the hackneyed canard that Palestine was ‘a land without a people for a people without a land’.

This explicit denial of the existence of Palestine and Palestinians is an expression of the genocidal ideation that animates the Zionist movement and enables the Zionist project. It is a loathsome, hateful idea that should shock the conscience of decent human beings, and yet is readily accepted and condoned in Australia, which shares a cultural heritage of genocidal apartheid and the dispossession of Indigenous peoples.

With his endorsement of a two-state solution, Danny obviously wants to give the impression of being fair and reasonable, despite his denial of Palestinians’ existence. But clearly a twostate solution is impossible, the only viable solution to the horror of genocidal apartheid in Israel Palestine is a one-state solution with equal rights for all.

John Scrivener Main Arm Q There are more letter on the Israel/Palestine at www.echo.net.au/letters.

dĶżƆƐĶĈŊ şŕ ë żĶīǿ Can Byron Council please submit to The Echo and Byron Shire ratepayers evidence that the required public interest democratic process required for the approved erection of the bioenergy facility in the Arts & Industry Estate, was totally favoured by the community?

There exists within Council such a statement. The area is under preparation presently with trucks in and out of the site.

Justice demands such evidence as, indeed, the initial public interest process revealed that one party was keen and over 60 other persons strongly objected!

A big ‘porky’ has arisen that would appear to have seduced Byron councillors.

Maybe they have not done research revealing ratepayers’ strong objection to the folly surrounding the erection of a methanespewing fire hazard situated near a bird sanctuary and plonked in the middle of a growing business/ residential/tourist site.

Furthermore, Council claims a descent into fiscal poverty, yet through lamenting tears this vile monster is being given time and wasted ratepayers’ money in Council representation and elitist $$$ brown nosing. Council is seeking an investor! This behaviour is beyond naughty… this behaviour demands immediate legal scrutiny.

Why go through all of the pretence of ticking boxes on the democratic process and then immediately dismissing public risk and rights and manufacturing a document wrongly upholding public approval for the bioenergy facility?

Jo Faith Newtown

Russian karma A previous Echo letter mentioned a Russian statement: ‘If you send uranium to us, we will send it back to you’, and another letter mentioned the potential long-term contamination of the food supply by depleted uranium (DU).

We now read that the secretary of the Russian Security Council, Nikolay Patrushev, says, following ‘destruction of DU shells in an ammunition depot in the Ukrainian city of Khmelnitsky, a radioactive cloud has been blown toward Western Europe’.

British nuclear scientist, Dr Chris Busby, has said radiation detectors in Poland showed a spike in radiation moving east immediately after the Russian strike on the ammunition depot in Khmelnitsky. What comes around goes around.

Peter Olson Goonengerry

ÉëŕƐ Ɛş ōĶưĕ ĶŕȞżĕëĈĕȃ For all those so very heavily involved in/with the so very, very sad Ben Roberts-Smith V.C. civil court case, an ancient Mexican adage: ‘If you want to live in peace: don’t tell all that you know; and don’t judge all that you see.’

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ARTISTS IN FOCUS Artists Talk – Michelle Walker & Jude White in conversation with Virginia Reid

Jude White & Michelle Walker at their exhibition Ash, Mud & Tears

Michelle Walker with her sculptures After the Mud Dried I, II, III at Ash Mud & Tears exhibition. Images by Nelly le Comte

Join exhibiting artists Michelle Walker and Jude White in conversation about their exhibition Ash, Mud & Tears, with visual artist and educator Virginia Reid, on Saturday 17 June at 2pm. Their exhibition is on display at the Northern Rivers Community Gallery (NRCG).

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Ash, Mud & Tears is on display at NRCG from 3 May to 25 June 2023.

NRCG, Cherry Street, Ballina.

All welcome!

Jay Pearse SPACES THAT COME AND GO @ Byron Bay Library 18 May to 18 August

Food od x Art Classes at Pipit Restaurant | Pottsville ottsville

GYOTAKU SEAFOOD PRINTING Mondays from 10AM 19 JUNE & 17 JULY www.pipitrestaurant.com

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Byron Bay Library is hosting this exhibition from 18 May to 18 August.

Don’t miss it! jaypearse.com jpearse@bigpond.net.au

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ART GALLERIES ART KIND BYRON BAY

LISMORE REGIONAL GALLERY — POP-UP SPACE

Exhibiting contemporary paintings, ceramics, prints and jewellery.

3/18 Centennial Circuit, Byron Bay. Open Wed–Fri: 10am–2.30pm, Sat 10am–1pm.

46 Magellan Street, Lismore NSW 2480.

Open Tues to Sat: 10am to 4pm, Thursday until 6pm.

6627 4600 Email art.gallery@lismore.nsw.gov.au www.lismoregallery.org

0404 946 553 @artkindbyronbay www.artkind.com.au

ARTIST STUDIO GALLERY Belongil Beach.

Open by appointment.

0409 604 405 www.janrae.com.au

ARTIST’S HOME GALLERY BYRON BAY

LONE GOAT GALLERY 28 Lawson Street, Byron Bay. Wed–Sat: 10am–4pm. lonegoatgallery.com

MACKAY HARRISON GALLERIES 79 Bayview Drive, East Ballina.

Welcome by appointment.

Artist/Sculptor David Harrison.

0412 664 284

Landscape inspired works imparting a ‘spirit of place’.

Open by appointment.

MIST GALLERY

6685 5317

Shop 1B-51 Tweed Coast Rd, Cabarita Beach.

0419 870 305 mist.gallery.cabarita@gmail.com FB & Insta: @mistgallery

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BS’A PROJECT SPACE 112 Dalley St, Mullumbimby.

0487 362 141 byronschoolofart.com/exhibitions

GALLERY COSMOSIS

Julie Fragar, Polygraph 2010 oil on board 180 x 120cm Collection of the artist, courtesy of the artist

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Visionary Art. 22 Brigantine St, Byron Bay. Open Wed–Sat 10.30am–4pm, or by appointment.

MULLUMBIMBY CLAYWORKERS GALLERY Drill Hall Complex, 2 Jubilee Ave, Mullumbimby.

Open Thurs–Sat: 10am–2pm. mullumclayworkers.com

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57 Tennyson Street, Byron Bay. 0468 718 045 Byron Bay Contemporary Artspace. www.byronartspace.com.au

H’ART GALLERY

NIMBIN ARTISTS GALLERY

Local art in the heart of Mullumbimby.

47 Cullen Street, Nimbin, NSW 2480 Opening Hours: 10am–4pm daily.

6689 1444 www.nimbinartistsgallery.org

0431 331 205 gallerycosmosis.com

Mullumbimby Comprehensive Health Centre, 60 Stuart Street, Mullumbimby.

0401 647 325

HEALING ART DESIGN & NEW AGE GALLERY

NORTHERN RIVERS COMMUNITY GALLERY

KARENA WYNN-MOYLAN, FINE ART

Cnr Cherry & Crane Sts, Ballina.

Open Wed–Fri: 10am–4pm, Sat/Sun: 9.30am–1pm.

02 6681 0530 nrcgballina.com.au

Bangalow Studio

PEEK GALLERY

Azura Kingscliff Shop 2B, 60 Marine Parade.

0408 868 793

By appt: 0414 822 196 karenawynn-moylanart.com

LENNOX ARTS COLLECTIVE painting | photography | woodwork | ceramics | jewellery | classes | workshops 2/72 Ballina Street, Lennox Head.

Open 7 days: 10am–3pm. lennoxartscollective@gmail.com

Check website for opening hours.

7/8 Fletcher Street, Byron Bay. 0488 646 464 hello@peekgallery.com @peekgallery www.peekgallery.com

STUDIO SUVIRA CERAMICS & SCULPTURE GALLERY Home gallery and sculpture garden.

28 Left Bank Rd, Mullumbimby.

0402 125 922 (call/sms first) suviramcdonald.com

THE LORE BUREAU 12 Old Pacific Highway, Newrybar.

Open Thurs to Sun: 10am–3pm.

By appt: 0455 992 396 www.thelorebureau.com Tweed Regional Gallery 9 June – 27 August 2023

T WEED REGIONAL GALLERY & MARGARET OLLEY ART CENTRE

A Perc Tucker Regional Gallery Touring Exhibition. Curated by Jonathan McBurnie.

The Single Bed 2017 Oil on board, 135 x 100 cm Collection of Griffith University Art Museum. Purchased 2017.

Photography: Carl Warner

Handmade jewellery by CRISTINA cristina_art_silver |

The Tweed Regional Gallery & Margaret Olley Art Centre is a Tweed Shire Council Community Facility and is supported by the NSW Government through Create NSW.

Open Wed – Sun | 2 Mistral Road, Murwillumbah South | gallery.tweed.nsw.gov.au

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Gallery hours: 10am–5pm (Wed to Sun).

Cafe open: 9.30am–4.00pm.

2 Mistral Rd, Murwillumbah.

6670 2790 artgallery.tweed.nsw.gov.au

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Magic Murwillumbah

Flannerys Flannerys Murwillumbah celebrates one year as the go-to organic hub for the local community.

They pride themselves on sourcing the best locally produced and sustainable wholefoods, vitamins, supplements, bulk foods, fresh produce, meat, seafood, bread and pantry staples. Their produce is Certified Organic, and locally sourced where possible.

Echora You’ll also find qualified naturopaths in-store seven days a week, headed up by much-loved local Colleen Cheketri. Pop in for herbal liquids and see the friendly team for free wellbeing advice. Plus, members can save 20 per cent off all vitamins once a month – it’s free to join.

If you want to feel warm as the days get cooler, Echora’s beautiful, sumptuous woollen jumper range is designed for comfort and a relaxed look. There are merino, cotton and mohair styles in a range of earth tone colours, all made in Australia. They feature roll top, crew and v-necks, a modern loose hem and overall design that will become your new winter favourite. Echora also has a wide range of linen tops, pants, and dresses, as well as a complete range of luxurious beechwood base layer clothing.

66 Murwillumbah St, Murwillumbah flannerys.com.au

7 Prospero St, South Murwillumbah echora.com.au

Open Mon–Sat from 10am until 4pm and 10am to 2pm on Sunday.

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World Environment Day Festival

Mavis’ Kitchen is a restaurant, eco-accommodation, organic produce garden and providore located at the base of Wollumbin.

Caldera Environment Centre’s World Environment Day Festival this year focuses on the UNEP theme of #BeatPlasticPollution. Anthony Hill will join other environmental speakers to discuss this global issue and provide insights into the ‘big picture’ behind the problem – and how it is being solved locally. Other topics on the program include native forest destruction and what is to be done, glossy black cockatoos and their significance, earth building and its manifold benefits, forensic insect and fungi photography of the weirder kind, and native stingless bees for your garden.

Immerse yourself in nature in their lush gardens and rainforest setting, whether you’re visiting for lunch, a seven course degustation, a picnic by the creek, or staying in their cabins admiring the views from your private deck.

Picture waking up to breakfast on the veranda of this 100-year-old beauty, looking out over manicured gardens and stunning views of the mountain.

Stroll through the produce garden to see what the chefs are harvesting; always a new experience, changing with the seasons.

Go for a dip in the natural swimming holes and bring your fur babies along for the ride.

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Entertainment includes Mudjai and Kids Caring for Country dancers, Luna Junction Gypsy-folk and the power and energy of Taiko Drumming troupe, Kazuna.

There will be food and hot drink vans and sustainable goods stalls. This year’s festival will also focus on EVs and the surprising ways they will power our future.

Date: 16 July, from 10am to 3.30pm Knox park, Murwillumbah Caldera@calderaenvironmentcentre.org

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Romantic getaways and events are crafted by The Mavis’ Kitchen team to create cherished memories for families, lovers, and friends.

02 6679 5664 64 Mt Warning Rd, Uki maviseskitchen.com.au

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Magic Murwillumbah Northern Rivers Property Group

Pulp Fiction

6 week market snapshot: Qualified buyers – 60 Written offers – 23 Sold properties – 10!

Pulp Fiction Murwillumbah, is a treasure trove for the daringly darling, the romantically rebellious, and anyone who loves a far-out-and-funky find. Filled wall-to-wall with an extensive, eclectic pre-loved book collection and forever-loved designer and vintage clothing, Pulp Fiction has your holiday season covered with gift cards and deals in store.

Find them at 309 Tweed Valley Way from 10am to 4pm, seven days a week. Cash and card welcome. Book exchange 50 per cent of market value. Rare and valuable book collection available on request.

If you are considering coming to market, reach out to Paul on 0448 191 351, or Adrianna on 0422 265 871 for strategic advice, premium marketing planning, five-star service and a sale result worth celebrating!

0403 169 616 309 Tweed Valley Way, Murwillumbah

Suite 2A Warina Walk Arcade, 114 Murwillumbah St, Murwillumbah northernriverspropertygroup.com.au

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The Regent Located in the innovative M|Arts precinct The Regent is a community-focused venue providing a broad range of films and live entertainment. The 250-seat theatre has been at the heart of culture in Murwillumbah since 1947 and was recently refurbished to its authentic Art Deco glory.

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02 6672 8265 5 Brisbane St, Murwillumbah the-regent.com.au

The live program includes theatre, comedy, and concerts by local and touring artists, with great sightlines from traditional tiered seating. Khanthaly’s Kitchen serves vibrant Asian fare, and the licensed bar features

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For more information see Gallery website.

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Magic Murwillumbah McGuiness Funerals McGuiness Funerals is a traditional funeral company serving the Murwillumbah, Tweed, Ocean Shores and Billinudgel communities.

They understand that the funeral day holds great significance, and they strive to make it perfect for every person they serve.

Libby Varela, an experienced Funeral Director/Supervisor with nine years in the industry, is highly regarded and respected within the local community.

Their staff will treat you like family, and their ultimate goal is to alleviate some of the burden on the worst day of your life.

Recently joining their team, Kellie Lesleighter is an exceptional funeral director, receiving heartfelt praise from the families she has assisted.

Katriina Mansbridge is a familiar face in town and has been a valued member of McGuiness for two years, showing care, empathy, and a vibrant personality.

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02 6672 2144 19 Wollumbin Street, Murwillumbah 16 Mogo Place, Billinudgel info@mcguinessfunerals.com.au www.mcguinessfunerals.com.au

The Kinship Festival

The McGuiness Funerals team deeply value the service they provide to grieving families, delivering a professional, compassionate, and detailoriented experience.

Murwillumbah came alive with the start of Reconciliation Week on Saturday 27 May as Knox Park filled with a dazzling array of dancing, art, rapping and food.

Riverside dining at Tweed River House Celebrate the best of the Northern Rivers’ seasonal produce when you dine at the chefhatted Tweed River House.

Dine in the magnificent century-old plantation style house, located on the banks of the Tweed River with sweeping hinterland views.

The riverside Lawn Bar is ideal for a drink and lighter bites.

02 6672 5269 131 River St. Murwillumbah South tweedriverhouse.com.au

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‘It was fantastic, the kids loved it. There was dancing, they got told stories that went with different pieces of art they were given, they got to be part of a yarning group where they learnt traditional Bundjalung songs. They also really enjoyed going’ round and identifying the Indigenous animals on each store and learning the Bundjalung names for them,’ said one parent at the festival.

‘I’m a spiritual warrior, I’m showen ya my culture’ JK47 rapped as young people wrote down words for him to turn into songs, as well as taking turns rapping with him.

There was a great range of dancers and dances throughout the day celebrating the range of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture in the region.

Bolt + Buckle

Jet Real Estate

It’s an accepted fact that men are hard to buy for. Well… it used to be… until Bolt + Buckle came along and they are now the self-professed ‘men are so hard to buy for’ store.

Jason Dittmar, Elizabeth Hickey and Tania Sheppard are JET – a group of experienced real estate professionals who have come together to deliver an ethical and personalised service to clients in Byron Shire and Tweed Valley.

Opening nearly a year ago, Bolt + Buckle has quickly established itself as the ‘go to’ shop for men’s gifts and fashion in the Tweed, all presented beautifully with a rustic industrial fit-out in the art-deco Austral building.

People far and wide have fallen in love with this store, and it’s easy to see why, the moment you walk through the door. A warm, welcoming vibe, a feeling of quality, and a wide, eclectic range that creates a sense of discovery with every step. You’ll find quirky gifts, the latest fashion and a range of rustic leather goods.

Bolt + Buckle is a must-visit store on your next trip to Murwillumbah.

02 6608 3645 11 Commercial Road, Murwillumbah indepal.com.au

They work as an enthusiastic team, so their clients get the benefit of all three JET directors working collectively for you. As well as their combined knowledge base and huge network of contacts, they bring extensive local experience that comes from working for a combined 70+ years in the region.

They all live and work in the beautiful Northern Rivers and are serious about doing right by their community. They value the relationships they form with their clients, potential buyers and tenants, and personally communicate all the way through the sales and property management process. After all, you’re going to be neighbours.

Contact JET today to find out how they can help you.

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02 6672 2499 Shop 1/41-45 Murwillumbah Street, Murwillumbah team@jetrealestate.com.au Jason Dittmar – 0477 711 858 jason@jetrealestate.com.au Elizabeth Hickey – 0474 908 555 elizabeth@jetrealestate.com.au Tania Sheppard – 0438 446 578 tania@jetrealestate.com.au

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Good Taste

Eateries Guide BANGALOW

BYRON BAY

Success Thai

All your favourites, every lunch and dinner.

Experienced Thai chefs cooking fresh, delicious Thai food for you.

BYO only.

Welcome for lunch, dinner and takeaway.

Open Lunch Wed–Fri 12–2.30pm.

Dinner Mon–Sat 5–8pm.

Closed Sunday 3/31 Lawson St, Byron Bay www.facebook.com/ pages/Success-ThaiFood/237359826303469

The Rocks We have a range of freshly sourced dishes, Reverence coffee, and hand-made juices and smoothies at locals prices.

Fully licensed, all-day brunch and happy hour from 11am.

Check out our new dishes on Instagram!

Brunch 7am–1pm, every day 16 Lawson St, Byron Bay 6685 7663 Menus at therocksbyronbay.com.au @therocksbyronbay

Barrio Eatery & Bar

Barrio brings together the local community in a relaxed environment for all-day dining.

The wood-fired oven and open-flame grill is the heart of the restaurant.

Keep an eye on socials for daily specials.

1 Porter Street, North Byron Mon–Tues: 7am–3pm Wed–Sat: 7am–10pm www.barriobyronbay.com.au @barriobyronbay 0411 323 165

Wahlburgers Byron Bay

Live music Fri–Sun.

61 Bayshore Drive, Byron Bay Ph 6685 6500 Kitchen open Sun-Thu 11.30am8.30pm / Fri & Sat 11.30am-9.30pm Bar open daily 11.30am-late Bottleshop open daily 10am-8pm hello@northbyronhotel.com.au

NO BONES

62 Stuart St, Mullumbimby 6684 3778 www.yamanmullumbimby.com.au

Open 7 days from 9am–8pm Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Your local artisan bakery, specialising in all things sourdough. Serving Old Quarter coffee along with freshly made sandwiches using our own sourdough bread, hand rolled pastries, award winning pies and a variety of house made cakes.

Coffee, malawach rolls, pita pockets, falafel, traditional Yemenite spices and all your favourites, always freshly made.

Drop in for an authentic atmosphere.

Dine-in or takeaway.

NEWRYBAR

Harvest 18–22 Old Pacific Highway Newrybar NSW 2479 02 6687 2644 www.harvest.com.au @harvestnewrybar

COFFEE CART 7 days | 6.30am–3.00pm RESTAURANT Lunch | Wed–Sun | 12–2.30pm Dinner | Fri & Sat | 5.30–8.30pm DELI 7 days | 7.30am–3.30pm

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Step away from the centre of town and into a shimmering oasis away from crowds.

A tucked away treasure, the North Byron Hotel is a thriving mecca of good food, great music, laughter and the ‘chilled Byron Bay vibes’.

Eat Drink Discover

25% LOCALS DISCOUNT

VEGAN KITCHEN + BAR. BYRON BAY 11 Fletcher Street 0481 148 007 OCEAN SHORES 82 Rajah Road 0422 355 928

Come say ‘hi’ and find out how to get your discount!

HAPPY HOUR 5–6pm ORDER FOOD ONLINE www.nobonesbyronbay.com.au

Signature cocktails, and casual dining with ocean views.

Loft Byron Bay

Happy Hour | Daily from 4–6pm. $6 loft wine or lager, $10 spritzes, $14 margaritas & $30 house wine bottle Half price deli board & $2.50 fresh oysters Espresso Martini Nights | Every day 9pm–close, 2 for $25 Classic Espresso Martini.

Open daily from 4pm.

4 Jonson Street, Byron Bay 6680 9183

Book online: www.loftbyronbay.com.au

The Italian Byron Bay The Italian Byron Bay provides a bustling, atmospheric 21, 108 Jonson St, Byron Bay Open Monday to Saturday 5.30pm to late

restaurant, dishing up contemporary inspired Italian cuisine and some of Byron’s finest cocktails and wines.

5633 1216 www.theitalianbyronbay.com

OPEN MONDAY TO SATURDAY. BOOKINGS CAN BE MADE BY PHONE OR THROUGH OUR WEBSITE. WALK-INS VERY WELCOME.

Legend Pizza

Byron’s Freshest Pizza

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Stone baked sourdough, hand rolled pastries, small batch pies, house made cakes.

Open 11am to 9pm daily – dine-in or takeaway.

North Byron Hotel

Open for takeaway daily, 12 midday until dinner.

Menu, more details – @mainstreet_burgerbar 18 Jonson Street 6680 8832

Yaman Mullumbimby

Family Offer Buy 1 kids meal, get 1 free. $8 after 8 $8 drinks from 8pm Thur–Sun.

12 Byron St, Bangalow 6am–3pm weekdays.

7am–2pm weekends.

6687 1209 www.bangalowbread.co info@bangalowbread.co

MULLUMBIMBY

American & local sports played live

American style burger restaurant & sports bar Upstairs at Mercato on Byron, Jonson Street. www.Wahlburgers.com.au

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Menus available on Facebook.

The Rocks

Serving Byron Bay for 30 years.

Open 7 days.

Delivery from Suffolk to Ewingsdale.

2/3 Marvell Street, Byron Bay 6685 5700 www.legendpizza.com.au

Bangalow Bread Co.

Order online and join our loyalty program.

Catering for up to 100 people lunch and dinner.

BYO Locally owned and operated.

Scan code for menu.

Open for takeaway daily, 12 midday until dinner.

Menu and more details @mainstreet_burgerbar ‘Make a meal of it’ Add chips and a drink, just $5.

CELEBRATIONS

BY LIZ JACKSON

Celebrations Cakes by Liz Jackson

E: lizzijjackson@gmail.com P: 0414 895 441 GLUTEN FREE AND SPECIAL DIETARY NEEDS CATERED FOR

Funding for organic growers For the last 40 years, Santos Organics has prioritised products on its shelves that are locally grown or produced. It also strongly supports organic growing methods and is passionate about encouraging local farmers to do the same. As a result, for the first time ever this year, Santos funded Northern Rivers farmers to transition to becoming 100 per cent ‘certified organic’.

‘We’re serious about localisation, fostering partnerships to create local food security, while also supporting farming practices that regenerate our environment,’ said Santos CEO, Jolene Ryan.

Applicants to the ‘Grow the Growers’ funding project were either wanting to enter the organic certification system for the first time, expand their current growing potential through the purchase of equipment, or cover the cost of soil testing and additional organic inputs.

‘After a careful assessment process, we awarded funding to eight of the thirteen applicants, who all have the potential to supply our stores with ‘organic In-conversion’ produce. This certification follows the same standard as ‘certified organic’ growers, for a period of 12 months to three years, before gaining full certification.

‘More often than not, it can be difficult for farmers to find a market for their produce during this time, which can lead to disenchantment with the system. Therefore, we wanted to encourage these growers to feel inspired and continue to provide fresh, nutrient-rich food, for themselves, their family and our local community. Over time, we hope to further enhance the network of local growers within our region and offer a range of in-store events, to bring both the community and growers together’, said Jolene.

Of $25,000 total funding, over half has been allocated to the recipients, and the remaining funds will be given in the subsequent stages of their conversion:

Five Sixty Farms in Lismore, a microgreens and vegetable supplier who has received funding from Santos Organics to transition to ‘100% Certified Organic’.

• Margi Carter: Margi has a fantastic range of fruit trees in her large orchard, on the outskirts of Mullumbimby.

• John Quayle of Maryfields Organic Farmstay: John has mango and pomegranate plantations, as well as Manuka honey.

• Pepe Fassos of Five Sixty Farms in Lismore: Pepe produces microgreens and a range of annual vegetables.

• Andrew Cameron of Burringbar: Andrew is currently regenerating a large avocado orchard.

• Dave Warne of Green Cauldron Farm in Tyalgum: Dave offers a fantastic range of annual vegetables.

• Tom and Nicole of Misty Creek Agroforestry in Booyong: Tom and Nicole farm with syntropic agroforestry to mimic the natural structure of the rainforest for food production.

• Karen Gross of The Paddock in Mullumbimby: Karen uses syntropic farming, has market gardens, and offers NDIS programs on her inclusive farm.

• Simon Schaffer of Wollongbar: Simon uses successional agroforestry to grow taro, cassava, bananas and pumpkin.

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Good Life Fire dining with Terra Firma

Terra Firma is revolutionising ‘eating out’ with their no-boundaries cooking-over-fire dining experiences coming 24 June to the Mid North Coast.

Terra Firma Dining is an immersive outdoor dining experience like no other.

Inspired by the traditional Argentinian Asado barbecue method, all the food is cooked low, slow and exclusively over an open flame.

Owner and Head Chef Charly Pretet’s mission is to connect people to the environment where their food is grown.

That’s why his decision to partner with Georgina and Sam Baker of Levenvale Farm, owners of a regenerative and certified organic farm, growing the best organic produce in Bellingen Shire, makes a whole lot of sense.

Since 2021, Levenvale Farm has been serving unforgettable Paddock to Plate dining experiences, showcasing produce direct from the farm – the source to the consumer. At Levenvale Farm, diners will enjoy 100 per cent grass-fed Bello beef, pastured and organic chicken, and biodynamic vegetables, all grown in paddocks right next to them.

‘Levenvale Farm is a place that nourishes the soil, the plants, the animals, and us. We want to create a place where people can eat together, learn together, share experiences and grow together,’ Georgina Baker explains.

Local boys, Bellingen Brewing Co and Byron Bay’s own Cape Byron Gin will serve their award-winning beverages, and guests will be treated to live music from Hannah Harlen and Afie James.

Themed ‘Experience Regenerative’, the event promotes a message that regenerative producers are our pathway to a better future.

Charly Pretet will host a Fire Cooking Masterclass the next day for attendees and industry chefs who want to master outdoor fire cooking.

TICKETS: Paddock to Plate with Terra Firma: bit.ly/terrafirmalunch-echo Fire Cooking Masterclass with Terra Firma: bit.ly/TerraFirmaMasterclass-Echo Or contact Sam and Georgina Baker, Levenvale Farm, www.levenvalefarm.com.au

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Why ‘Jumping Red Ant’? Duranbah is the Indigenous name for the jumping red ant, of which there are a lot on the farm. But while Guinness World Records certifies the related jack jumper ant Myrmecia pyriformis as the world’s most dangerous ant, with the median time from sting to cardiac arrest (if you’re allergic to their venom) being 15 minutes, the verdict of farm workers on the red ant is that it ‘just really hurts’ if you get stung. John Atkins from Jumping Red Ant, on the other hand, is not only completely harmless, but his food and farming practices are making the world a better place.

Victoria Cosford Whenever I approach Jumping Red Ant, I immediately want to make ratatouille, or caponata – any of those gorgeous jammy European braises of capsicum and tomatoes and zucchini and eggplant. These, however, are merely some of the beautiful things John Atkin has been growing so successfully on his property up north, in that rich red volcanic soil, for over 20 years now.

He didn’t start out farming, however. A variety of careers, including running a hotel and working in the fitness industry, led him ultimately to purchasing property, some 30 years ago, at Duranbah, 50 metres above sea level. In 2002, he ‘seriously started to farm’, he tells me. ‘I decided to run it as a business.’

It’s been a long slow growth toward the success John now enjoys – and that was always the plan. ‘There’s so much produce!’ he says, adding that it’s a ‘good growing climate’, and at that altitude, there’s no danger of frosts. He grows tomatoes all year round. Tropical fruits

do well. To the twelve staff members he currently employs he’s about to add two more.

And now there are other ‘strings’, as he refers to them, to his bow. His daughter Brianna is gradually taking over as John chooses to step back and concentrate on other possibilities (like boutique farm-stays, cooking classes, developing the range of sauces they’ve started selling at the stall). ‘We want to increase production of our natives’, he tells me.

‘It’s Brianna’s vision and direction.’

If anyone is qualified to give tips to the home gardener it’s John. Without hesitation he says: ‘Invest in your soil. Put carbon back, with mulch, with worms.’ Consider companion planting, he adds – growing plants together whereby they assist each other, increasing biodiversity in your garden.

His last tip is to support farmers’ markets.

‘It’s the only way’, he says, ‘that farming will survive!’

Jumping Red Ant are at New Brighton on Tuesdays from 8–11am and Mullumbimby on Fridays from 7–11am.

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BY LILITH Can peace-loving Venus joining feisty Mars in the dramatic sign of the Lion gentle this week’s tempers? And which of their energies will you support...?

GEMINI THE TWINS

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What are you waiting for?

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f you want to destroy someone without lifting a finger, make them wait. Keep them believing that help will come. Farm their hope. Ensure there are no other options, but to wait.

Then make them wait some more.

Make them wait one day, and then two.

Make them wait one week. A month.

Three months. A year. Fifteen months.

Send them a letter. No, don’t – that’s too personal. Have a press conference and release confusing information to update their waiting. Make them feel that they have progressed in the queue. Tell them it won’t be long now, just a bit more waiting.

Maybe tell them someone will contact them by mail. Then make them wait by the letterbox that, by the way, they no longer have, because it was destroyed.

Which is a symptom of why they are waiting. Don’t send anything definitive. Ensure they know that while their frustration with waiting is recognised, that other people who also don’t have letterboxes are waiting too.

When the people waiting form groups of angry people who are sick of waiting, tell them to go see a social worker to support their mental health. Patronise them with some counselling. Guess what, you don’t have to wait for that.

Therapists are in their car ready and on the way to placate you and send you back to your endless waiting. Don’t acknowledge that the source of their mental health decline is no longer the terrible thing that happened – it’s from waiting for the help that was promised.

Let them drift into this terrible grey sea of waiting until they become disoriented and scared, until they are swollen with misery and aloneness that goes deep to their core. Let them linger there until all hope is gone.

When their spirits are so broken they’ll say yes to anything you offer, not to restore what was lost, but just to stop the waiting; then the waiting has won.

They are broken.

This is bureaucratic torture. Those thousands of people in our communities who were inundated by floodwater have experienced something even worse now – they have been inundated

by incompetence. They have been made to wait. While the NRRC conducts its first buybacks – of which there have been only a handful completed across three LGAs, others wait to be contacted to be told whether they are eligible for funding for a) retrofit, or b) house raising. They were told they would be contacted between April and 30 June. On writing this, it seems that no one in the Byron LGA has been contacted, possibly no one in any LGA. What they are waiting for is a phone call with an offer that says they have ‘indicitive eligibility for a retrofit/ houseraise’, which basically means ‘we know what you are waiting for and yes we realise you’re feeling shirty, but you’ll have to wait even longer for the confirmation of your actual eligibility.

There is no date on that. So wait until 30 June to be confirmed for that next big wait’. While you do this waiting, the construction industry costs will skyrocket and insurance companies will screw you into destitution. Because the torture is working, now you’ll say yes to anything that’s offered, just to make this torment stop.

a broken and inadequate bureaucracy.

People can deal with loss. They can’t deal with this. People had support in the loss. The media sent helicopters to tell the story. You can’t send helicopters to capture footage of people waiting. It makes for boring TV. But rest assured, this is a crisis. And making flood-affected people wait does not just lack compassion; it is an outright hostile act.

Waiting is associated with negative psychological and physiological responses such as anxiety and stress.

More uncertainty and unexpected wait times aggravate the symptoms.

I can’t imagine the duress of losing everything and then being triaged by

So let’s stop talking about the flood.

That’s long gone. Let’s address the real elephant in the room. The second and most lethal wave of this disaster: the waiting.

LIBRA: If June finds you restless and wanting to make a move, but indecisive and second guessing yourself, be patient, don’t push for answers, sit with the discomfort and wait for an opening. This month’s ongoing challenge to your smart and savvy sign is staying focused through a whirlwind of distractions.

ARIES: If a situation you once loved now fails to excite, this inspirational month stimulates playful and pleasurable ways to make your day-to-day duties more efficient and interesting. That’s the good news. The trickier bit could be the combustible combo of Mars and Venus in a fellow fire sign igniting explosive emotions.

CANCER: Venus and Mars partnered up in the zodiac’s most entitled sign could make some of this month’s players bossy and autocratic. Which may set off your emotional defense system, so you might consider safeguarding personal information and adding an extra protective layer on your crab shell during this weekend’s sensitive moon.

TAURUS: The passionate pairing of this month’s Mars and Venus in a fixed sign like your own holds both positive and negative potential.

Mars can be argumentative and dogmatic, and Venus won’t be talked into anything unless she wants to. But the upside of this creative coupling does offer a smorgasbord of entertaining fun.

LEO: Mars in Leo gives you energy to burn, and this week Venus joins in for the peak pairing of the year.

Mars and Venus don’t meet up very often, but when they sashay in tandem down the cosmic catwalk in your majesty’s fiery sign you’ll find no shortage of willing fans to do your bidding.

SCORPIO: June issues an invitation to get out and about; to circulate and connect with not only kindred spirits, but a wider range of viewpoints than usual. With Pluto’s retrograde accompanying world turmoil, it’s worth keeping in mind that emotional and social intelligence will get you much further during June than ultimatums.

VIRGO: If this month’s Mars and Venus in lavish, nothing’s-goodenough mode come across as demanding and hard to please, just offer your elegant best and forget the rest. For the first half of June, Virgo’s planet guide, Mercury, suggests that practical perspectives will bring the most tangible results.

SAGITTARIUS: During Gemini season, the life-giving Sun, our planet’s solar power, is at its furthest distance from your sign, which can sometimes make you feel tired. While you mightn’t have much bandwidth for superficial encounters this week, you’ll still feel energised by the loyal and supportive members of your crew – you know who.

GEMINI: June’s absolutely fabulous silver birthday lining is your own life, especially your social one, leaping from mild to wild as love and money planet Venus joins enthusiastic Mars for a glamorous sashay through the sign of eye-popping style. So go ahead and taste it, you don’t wanna waste it...

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In my opinion the problem is that responses have been triaged, a bit like an emergency room. There are thousands in there. And everyone in there is waiting. Understandably the most seriously impacted take more time. Buybacks are emotional, complex, difficult. They are the cardiac arrests in the emergency room.

Meanwhile there are hundreds, if not thousands, of people needing a retrofit or a houseraise, who are basically just being offered a panadol. If they were given what they needed they could leave the emergency room. Leave their emergency housing and be back in their actual homes.

If the flood didn’t crush you, the waiting might.

CAPRICORN: Planet Pluto backtracks into Capricorn this week, assisting you till early October with finalising closures, firming up new directions and prepping for oncoming changes.

Humans are supremely adaptable, and that’s the Capricorn quality you need to access as 2023 continues unfolding.

Sound sombre? Not with Mars and Venus in your partnership department.

AQUARIUS: June’s astrology beckons to a getaway anywhere but your usual address; a holiday, overnighter, even just camping out in the backyard for a change of perspective. This stimulating season of social interaction makes mingling your new cardio, especially in your local zone, because this month’s chance encounters can pay off in unexpected ways.

PISCES: The Roman poet Ovid wrote that love requires both enterprise and courage, and June isn’t short on either. Though it’s best to accept straight up that this month’s people aren’t good at keeping secrets, so be very discreet about what you share and with whom, especially during the weekend’s Pisces moon.

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¡VIVA LA FIESTA! The HSBC Spanish Film Festival presented by Palace, an annual celebration of film and culture from Spain and Latin America, will screen at Palace Cinemas, Luna Palace Cinemas and Palace Nova Cinemas from this June to July.

The highly anticipated festival is celebrating 25 years in 2023, and befitting such a milestone, will be presenting a thirty-twofilm strong lineup that offers exciting, inspiring and entertaining viewing from the region. The many highlights include a focus on women in filmmaking, featuring the work of seven prominent Spanish and Latin American female directors, a closing night classic, a Uruguayan documentary with an Australian connection – and much, much more.

The Festival is delighted to welcome new Naming Partner, HSBC, one the world’s largest banking and financial services organisations. Spokesperson Jessica Power, says ‘We’re thrilled to be involved in this year’s Festival. Much like the power of film, we at HSBC believe that by bringing people and ideas together we can open up a world of opportunity. We’re sure that all attendees to this year’s Festival will love the global selection of compelling storytelling.’

Opening this year’s festival is the Australian premiere of delicious comedy Two Many Chefs (La vida padre). Set in Bilbao’s world of high cuisine, this Spanish box office hit stars Karra Elejalde and Enric Auquer as a father and son whose unexpected reunion after thirty years apart puts their ideas about cooking, and life, to the test.

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There is so much more to see and enjoy at this year’s event. ¡Viva la fiesta!

Byron Bay 15 June–5 July: Palace Byron Bay. Tickets are on sale now, visit: www.spanishfilmfestival.com.

Tim Freedman has been developing an alt-country outfit since 2021 – The Whitlams Black Stump Band – which features some of Australia’s finest roots musicians like Rod Macormack on banjo, Matt Fell on bass, and longtime Whitlam, Terepai Richmond on drums. Its singles, The Day John Sattler Broke his Jaw and Blow Up the Pokies have been staples on Australian Country radio over the past year, and the band has been booked to play a Saturday night spot at the Deni Ute Muster in September.

Recently Freedman and band member Ollie Thorpe, an acclaimed pedal steel player, have been touring nationally as the Black Stump Duo, stripping back the Whitlams’ repertoire and delivering classics like ‘No Aphrodisiac’ to showcase the unique combination of piano and pedal steel. They have toured from the Mornington Peninsula through the South Coast of NSW, and up through Maitland and Bowraville to play the Northern Rivers this weekend.

Freedman’s classic storytelling songs from his seven albums will be sprinkled with some Americana gems from Kris Kristoffersen and Ry Cooder.

They are playing the Lennox Head Cultural Centre on Friday, and Brunswick Picture House on Saturday, followed by the Regent Theatre in Murwillumbah on Sunday.

Tickets are $55 from www.thewhitlams.com L I S M O R E M U S I C A L F E S T I VA L S O C I E T Y

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GLOBAL VILLAGE AND LITTLE SPLENDOUR With the countdown to Splendour in the Grass well and truly on, the festival is thrilled to reveal the lineups for Global Village and Little Splendour.

Patrons can get ready to see, feel and experience more by journeying beyond the main stages, as an iconic selection of musicians, artists and performers wait to be discovered at Ngarindjin/ North Byron Parklands...

Follow your higher self to The Global Village for all things transcendental and transformative, or entertain the ankle biters at Little Splendour, a secure, dedicated, magical kids’ space for dance, play and exploration.

Prepare to discover more than music at Splendour in the Grass 2023…

Manifest your best festival self and get ready to be moved as you explore the Global Village where you’ll find...

The World Stage featuring Áine Tyrrell; Ausecuma Beats; Dobby; Dubarray; Kooii; Liquidelic; Mylee Grace – and so many more!

Witness powerful traditional dances and sounds from five regional groups at the Ngarindindi Dance Ground, which is an all-new Indigenous-led program in the Global Village – featuring Mirrigingi Dancers; Birin Dancers; Gumbanynggirr Nguranga Dancers; Muggera Dancers, and; the Kinship Dancers.

experience with everything from clay play to DJ school and bunny rabbits playing rock music (yep!)

For the crafty types, there are loads of workshops. We’re talking tie dye and puppet-making, an Indigenous art interactive sculpture workshop, clay play and there’s plenty for sporty kids, as well as a tonne of awesome kids’ rated artists.

Need a break from the kids so you can go get down at one of the main stages?

There’s a babysitter for that! No, you’re not dreaming!

Running from 12pm–12am Friday, Saturday and Sunday in a fully secured area within Little Splendour is a professional Babysitting Club, run with love by Corporate Kidz Australia. Drop those little (or big) terrors off, for up to two hours, and enjoy a vino and a boogie.

Bookings are required for all children under five, head to splendourinthegrass.com for more info.

Splendour in the Grass, Friday 21 to Sunday 23 July 2023.

Little Splendour, presented by Kidzklub Australia – when tiny folk are a big deal.

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AT LAST! THE 2023 LISMORE EISTEDDFOD Finally, after an absence of three years, we are back on our feet. Covid and the 2022 Lismore flood couldn’t keep a good eisteddfod down – we lost everything in the Lismore flood, 114 years of written history and irreplaceable memorabilia. Fortunately, through a flood relief grant we were reimbursed for equipment that had to be repaired or replaced.

Our regular competition venues were severely damaged in the 2022 flood and we have been forced to look elsewhere this year.

The Civic Hall in Casino will be used for the Schools Competitions as no large venue is available in Lismore this year.

It takes a lot of money to hold an eisteddfod.

The fact that we can actually hold the 2023 Lismore Eisteddfod is due, in no small part, to our patron, Margot Davies.

Margot approached us last year, offering her assistance to get the Lismore Eisteddfod up and running again.

Did you know your favourite radio station is a registered charity?

That means your dollars go further when you support BayFM with a donation. And believe us, every dollar helps keep us on air.

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SPONSORS AND VOLUNTEERS NEEDED We would love to hear from any potential sponsors – be it monetary or offering awards, and from volunteers to assist at competition venues.

CALLING ALL COMPETITORS Is your talent in song or dramatic performances? Perhaps you play the piano, or one of the string, woodwind or brass instruments? Does your performance joy come through dance – or the fun and excitement of primary and secondary school performances?

The Lismore Eisteddfod is your opportunity to step out onto a stage and showcase your talent. Performing gives you the opportunity to watch and learn from your peer group.

You also have your work appraised by highly qualified adjudicators, which amounts to receiving lessons from another teacher.

Information on how to enter, and competition schedules are available on our website: lismoreeisteddfod.com.au, or call our secretary for further information on 0427 404 383.

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KEEP THE HOMELESS IN TWEED WARM It’s no secret that the Far North Coast has some of the highest homelessness figures in the country and Dharma Care is determined to reduce those figures as the days get colder.

Dharma Care, which is an Australian charity dedicated to creating life-changing opportunities for the destitute and disadvantaged, is hosting a Winter Warmer Homelessness Relief Campaign to provide essential support and comfort to people experiencing, or at risk of homelessness, in the Tweed Shire during the cold winter months.

WINTER WARMER FUNDRAISING CABARET The campaign will incorporate the first Winter Warmer Fundraising Cabaret at Kingscliff Bowls Club on Thursday 15 June. The event will bring the community together to enjoy some of the area’s best talent in support of this important cause: including MC Mandy Nolan, as well as The Space Cowboy, and Felicity Lawless and Ms Eleneous.

Guests will enjoy a cabaret experience and can also purchase unique artwork, and participate in a raffle or silent auction of a range of exclusive prizes. Generous donations from local businesses and community members will ensure that the auction showcases a wide selection of sought-after prizes, enticing guests to support the cause.

People are struggling to stay warm as temperatures drop and harsh weather conditions set in, Dharma Care recognises the challenges faced by individuals and families who struggle to stay warm and healthy. The Winter Warmer Campaign aims to raise at least $50K to ensure everyone who finds themselves in that situation has access to adequate shelter, warmth, and nourishment through providing food, sleeping bags, hygiene packs, and tents.

Irwan Wyllie, CEO of Dharma Care, says they are thrilled to host the cabaret as part of ongoing efforts to support those doing it tough. ‘This event not only offers a memorable night of entertainment but also provides an opportunity for individuals to contribute to a meaningful cause’.

Tickets for the Winter Warmer Fundraising Cabaret are now available for purchase. Early booking is encouraged as places are limited events.humanitix.com/winter-warmer-nudqxtls.

SPAGHETTI CIRCUS IS HELPING KIDS FLY! Spaghetti Circus’ passion is empowering healthy, active, happy kids. Despite being a small not-for-profit organisation, Spaghetti is committed to providing a Scholarship Program to ensure all kids can access the joy of circus irrespective of their circumstances. Seven spoke to Rose, whose children are part of the Spaghetti Circus Scholarship Program.

How many children do you have at Spaghetti Circus?

How old are they, and how long have you been coming to Spaghetti?

I have three kids at Spaghetti Circus, they are 11, nine and six years old and we have been coming here for four years.

What do your children enjoy about Spaghetti Circus?

Being able to attend Spaghetti Circus not only brings my children joy, but also builds confidence and self-esteem.

My children love learning new skills and challenging themselves. They love having a space where it is okay to clown around and have fun, but also to be disciplined and part of a tight group who trust each other – they think it’s pretty rad to learn cool tricks too. If I think about it, there’s nothing they don’t like about their Spaghetti Circus classes! They are exposed to so many different skills that there is never a dull moment.

Spaghetti’s Scholarship Program provides subsidised places in their circus school. How has it benefitted your children and family?

After covid, and more recently the floods, my husband’s business was greatly affected, and we struggled to meet daily living costs. We were getting to a point where we would have had to really cut back on expenses, which meant the kids circus classes were going to stop. The scholarship fund, which covers class fees, helped us so much. In a time when the kids had been through so much upheaval and turmoil being able to continue at circus gave us a sense of being held and comforted.

How were you effected by the floods?

Wilsons Creek, where we live, was heavily impacted by the extreme flood-event. There were multiple landslides and serious injuries, and this sent a ripple of insecurity and unrest through the community. My husband’s work was also affected so our family income was greatly reduced. We also had considerable costs repairing

driveways that were washed away and repairing fencing and landslides on the property.

Spaghetti Circus helped support us while we were processing all the change going on around us. My children are strong and creative and silly and funny and amazing and being part of the Spaghetti Circus family makes them feel celebrated and motivated and inspired. The scholarship helped us stay connected to our community.

Spaghetti Circus’ passion is empowering healthy, active and confident kids.

How would you say Spaghetti is having an impact on young people, based on your family’s experience?

Being part of Spaghetti Circus expands my children’s social network beyond the family and school. It makes them feel connected to a community where fun and hard work, creativity and trust are all-important. I have noticed over the years how strong their bodies have become and how confident they are knowing they are part of a group that encourages them to soar in their greatness. It gives them a sense of purpose and connectedness turning up every week to participate in their classes.

Spaghetti Circus are fundraising to continue their Scholarship Program. To donate go to www.givenow.com.au/spaghettischolarships.

All donations of $2 or more are tax deductible.

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THE WOMAN FROM URUGUAY AND 2,000 OF HER CLOSEST FRIENDS In an era where cultural production has lost its impulse to rage against the machine, it can often feel as though our ease and access to a limitless scroll of ‘content’ has transformed the role of the artist into a recycler rather an inventor, an imitator rather than a creator. That said, not all hope is lost.

Amidst the moodboards and userengagement statistics, there are a few creatives attempting to revitalise the arts and to forge a new path within an otherwise bleak, technodystopian landscape.

Hernan Casciari founded Orsai Films in 2020 in an attempt to start a grassroots, decentralised

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WILLIE NELSON 90 (CTC) Sat-Mon: 3:00pm LA SCALA: LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR (CTC) Sun: 1:00pm Wed: 11:00am

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RENFIELD (MA15+) THE LITTLE MERMAID (PG) Daily excl. Sun/Wed: 1:00pm Daily: 11:00am, 1:30pm, SAINT OMER (M) 4:15pm, 7:15pm

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production company that doesn’t capitulate to the whims of Big Hollywood.

The end result, a film titled The Woman From Uruguay will be screened at Palace Cinemas Byron Bay as one of the first entirely crowd-funded films to be shot where every ‘donor’ became a ‘shareholder,’ every ‘shareholder’ became a ‘producer’ and every ‘producer’ has had an equal vote in all decisions related to the film’s creation — from the casting of lead characters to distribution.

Famously, The Woman From Uruguay’s IMDB page has 2,000 associate producers listed. Above all, it’s an opportunity to witness the fruits of a revolutionary filmmaking practice for yourself.

The Woman from Uruguay will be screening as part of Palace Cinema’s Spanish Film Festival on the 19 June at 8pm and Friday 23 June at 4pm.

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– Sales – Installation – Repairs – All Commercial Refrigeration – Residential & Commercial Airconditioning – Coolroom Design & Construction – Freezer Rooms

BAY FAMILY CHIROPRACTIC Peter Wuehr 17 Bangalow Rd Byron Bay ..............................66855282

AQUA PRESSURE CLEANING

• DEPT OF FAIR TRADING:A licence is required for all residential building work where the reasonable

6686 7911

Lic 246545C

Commercial / Domestic / Insurance

BLACKS CHIMNEY SWEEPING & REPAIRS AHHA member, insured. 3rd generation .....66771905

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SPECIALISTS IN HOME AUTOMATION

Green & Clean Carpet and upholstery cleaning, urine extraction, rust removal, heavy traffic areas, deodorising and sanitation.

Far North Coast NSW John & Teresa

BRICKLAYING

45 Manns Road, Mullumbimby

WEED CONTROL SPECIALIST Parramatta Grass – Biological control............................0418 110714

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BUSH REGENERATION & WEED CONTROL

CURTAINS

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ACUPUNCTURE CHINESE HERBAL MEDICINE M Collis.............................................0490 022183 MARLENE FARRY Acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine marlenefarry.com.........0416 599507 ACUPUNCTURE at EASTERN MEDICAL ACUPUNCTURE. Ph Dr Derek Doran .............0414 478787

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CARPET CLEANING

SHOWCASE DEALER SHOWROOM

ACCOUNTANT Paul Mayberry..............................................................................................66847415

0411 248 653

NSW395361C

DINGO DEMOLITIONS & ASBESTOS REMOVAL................................. 66834008 or 0407 728998 BUILDER – JOHN McGAURAN Personalised Service. 20 yrs exp. Lic 170208C.............0415 793242 BUILDER Renovations, maintenance, 30yrs exp. mchughdesign.com.au Lic 29792C....0408 663420 HAVEN BUILDING All aspects of building. Lic 326616C...............................................0432 565060 FABRICA JOINERY Quality kitchens/timber doors/windows. Lic 244652C .........................66808162 BUILDER: new builds/renos, subdivisions, kitchens/bathrooms, decks.. Lic 239988C..0416 345202

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ACCOUNTANTS & BOOKKEEPERS

Proudly providing quality qu carpentry services to homeowners and registered builders for over 30 years.

Home Renovation & Alterations, Entertainment Decks, Carports, Stairs, Patios, Fences.

N SW Lic NSW L i c 395097C

$50–$1500

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DAVI WILTON DAVID CARPENTER CA

LEGENDARY OFFROAD TYRES

Lic: 317362C

Licensed builder, specialising in Bathroom renovations.

0417 654 888

Quality workmanship, and reliable and personalised service.

www.stoneysbuildingcreations.com

CLEANING SERVICE CLEANS: Holiday, Residential, Bond, Commercial, Spring.

Phone Mick 0409 009 024 Email: mickbhl@gmail.com

SWIFT PR PRESSURE CLEANING Call 0428 899 409 or 0410 868 393

Roofs | Paths | Decks | Houses | Solar Panels Walls | Fences | Free Quote | Fully Insured swiftecoclean@gmail.com | www.swiftecoclean.com.au

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livingearthgardens.com.au

CONSCIOUS EARTHWORKS • DRAINAGE DESIGN • DRIVEWAYS • PADS • WATERWAYS • ALL ASPECTS OF EARTHMOVING

All aspects gardening & mowing Enhancive garden makeovers 0430 297 101

Phone Zac: 0468 344 939

Est. 2010

www.360earth.com.au

DETAILED CLEANER/GUEST HOUSE MANAGER All natural products 4.8 Stayz rated..0410 723601 NORTHERN RIVERS TRENCHING 65hp chain trencher, excavator, cable locating & tpr.0402 716857 FULL CIRCLE REFINISHING Professional cold & hot water roof & pressure cleaning. ..........0455 5735545 ANGEL5STAR HOUSEKEEPING & CLEANING SERVICES Efficient/Effective/Reliable ....0493 504192

ELECTRICIANS

SLOPE MOWING AND SLASHING ࠮ STEEP SLOPES – UP TO 60° ࠮ HEAVY GROWTH SLASHING ࠮ GRASS, LANTANA, TOBACCO

COMPUTER SERVICES

AND MORE

• Software/hardware installation.

• New or improved PC setup.

• PC cleaning.

• Improving PC performance.

• Internet connection issues.

• Printer connection issues.

We provide solutions to Windows PC • Networking solutions. issues in the convenience of your home or business. We service all areas • File backup. $95/hr. from Byron Bay to Tweed Heads. Call Justine and Jeffrey today for fast, reliable and affordable service!

Call 0493 458 956 DOMESTIC ALL JOBS: SMALL COMMERCIAL OR LARGE 24 HOUR SERVICE Lic: 154293c

0403 546 529

RENT-A-GEEK Mobile PC Repair (Byron Shire) ....................................................................66844335

CONCRETING

Lic No. 337066C

SERVICING: • Tweed • Byron • Lismore • Kyogle

GREEN DINGO for all your mowing and gardening needs. Ph Michael .........................0497 842442

Lic.136717c

NSW Lic# 312117 ASP Lic# 5547 AUTHORISATION# 503808

CONCRETING

Lachlan O’Connor

License No: 334121C

Licensed Electrician Servicing Northern Rivers 0416 989 895 Lachlan.oconnor13@hotmail.com

Call Daniel

COUGHRAN ELECTRICAL 24 hour service, Lic 154293C.......................... 0439 624945 or 66804173

0424 876 155

RONNIE SPINKS Everything electrical. Lic 27673.........................................................0429 802355 JP ELECTRICAL All electrical. Level 2 ASP. Solar, data + TV. Lic 133082C.......................0432 289705

SHAKA CONCRETING Driveways, sheds, slabs, p/ways, patios. Insured & Lic#391742C 0402 728207

JIM LABELLE ELECTRICAL O.Shores, Mullum, Byron, Brunswick. Lic 176417C..............0415 126028

DECKS, PATIOS & EXTENSIONS

BLUE BEE ELECTRICAL 25 years experience. Lic 189508C. Call Dave............................0429 033801 BEN FORSYTH, Electrician. Lic:240691C. Ocean Shores & surrounds. No job too small...0422 136408 VALLEY WAY ELECTRICAL, 15 yrs exp. Domestic, commercial, new builds. Lic 253977c 0475 910622

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POLLEN GARDENS Lawn & garden maint’. Professional & reliable. Dip. Hort. Dave......0438 783645 GW MAINTENANCE Ride-on mowing, acreage and large lawns. Ph George................0408 244820

GAS SUPPLIERS

0439 733 703

ALL AROUND

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TIP RUNS & RUBBISH REMOVALS 4m3 trailer..............................................................0408 210772 RICK’S PROPERTY MAINTENANCE Mowing, brushcutting, gardening, hedging.........0424 805660

• Mains installs / alterations • Switchboard upgrades • Meter queries • Tree maintenance near services Matthew Rutland matt.positivelectrical@gmail.com

SALISBURY

Free Quotes

GUTTERS CLEANED Solar panel cleaning, all areas, free quotes, fully insured .66841778 or 0405 922839 A-Z gardening & maintenance, lawns, acreage, hedges, gutters, p. clean-ups, tip runs ..0405 625697

LEVEL 2 ASP ELECTRICIAN

DOMESTIC • COMMERCIAL • INDUSTRIAL

CONCRETING & PAVING

Over 30 yrs’ local experience. All forms of concreting.

Residential • Civil • Industrial

MULLUM.MOWING@gmail.com. Ride-on, large lawns & acreage. Ph Peter................0423 756394

LEAF IT TO US Specialists in tree services and acreage mowing ....................................0402 487213

jjmooters@gmail.com

DARYL 0418 234 302

We mow where no man has gone before

0439 624 945 AH 02 6680 4173

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LITTLE LANE DENTAL, MULLUMBIMBY ...........................................................................66842816

Locally Owned Est 1996

www.brunswickvalleygas.com • 0408 760 609

GRAPHIC DESIGN Graphic Design / Print Branding / Tutoring

@thinkblinkdesign www.thinkblinkdesign.com

FENCING

GUTTERING

BYRON & BEYOND FENCING Any fence, any time, prompt quotes....... 66804766 or 0439 078549 EDL FENCING Installations & repairs. Prompt service. ..................................................0432 107262 FLOW FENCING Pool fencing, timber/colourbond, local, professional and reliable.......0416 424256

FLOOR SANDING & POLISHING

THE DECK DOCTOR Sanding & refinishing, cable balustrading. Free quotes. Richard...0407 821690 THE FLOOR SANDER New & old floors, decks, non-toxic finishes, special effects, free quotes..0407 821690 FULL CIRCLE REFINISHING – Specialist deck sanding and oiling. Free quotes ...........0455 573554 BYRON BAY FLOOR SANDING New and old floors. Non toxic.....................................0408 536565

DENTISTS

Free Delivery No Rental Reliable

FURNITURE MAKER

EARTHMOVING & EXCAVATION

0409 799 909 various implements available for limited access projects

34 The Byron Shire Echo `Ɩŕĕ Ǯǽ ǩǧǩǪ

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custom furniture and joinery @ianmontywooddesign

Call Junior for friendly, genuine advice and service.

0414 636 736

www.spotlessgutters.com.au

0405 922 839 or AH 6684 1778 ABN 180 623 364 42

GARDEN & PROPERTY MAINTENANCE

HANDYPERSONS

• Landscape Maintenance and Improvement Projects • Lawn Care / Acreage Mowing / Paddock Slashing • Tree Pruning / Palm Cleaning / Hedge Reductions • Rainforest Regeneration / Mass Plantings

RESIDENTIAL | COMMERCIAL | INDUSTRIAL STRATA | MAINTENANCE SERVICES

TINY EARTHWOR Philip Toovey

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DESIGN & DRAFTING BAREFOOT BUILDING DESIGN www.barefootbuildingdesign.com..........Bob Acton 0407 787993 DAVID ROBINSON DESIGN DRAFTING All Council & construction requirements ......0419 880048 BYRON ENERGY EFFICIENT DESIGN & DRAFTING www.beedad.com.au ...............0423 531448 FENG SHUI DESIGN CONSULTANT Lizzie Bodenham livingbalancedesigns.com.au.......0431 678608 NORTHFACE DESIGNS www.northfacedesigns.com.au..............................Cody Greer 0434 272353 MIRO HALFORD BUILDING DESIGN mirohalforddesign.com......................................0402 613638 MARK OAKLEY DESIGN & DRAFTING www.modesign.au...........................................0422 666464 JORDI TATE ARCHITECTURAL DRAFTING office@jorditate.com ..................................0498 662637 DESIGN & DRAFTING Residential & commercial projects. borrelldesign ......................0412 043463

BUILDING SERVICES

Call Paul on 0403 316 711

HANDY MAN SERVICES 24 hr response time guaranteed | Fully Insured Call:

0414 210 222 www.echo.net.au

ASAP Decks, fences, bathrooms, plaster, paint, handy, jobs over $500 ..........................0405 625697 HANDY ANDY Carpentry, plastering, welding......................................... 66884324 or 0476 600956 AWESOME REPAIRS Professional, commercial & domestic. Wayne...............................0423 218417 ABSOLUTE HANDYMAN. Repairs, renovation, maintenance, painting. Call Mark ........0402 281638 KEEN HANDYMAN SERVICES Repairs, maintenance, gardening, odd jobs ..................0428 679704 HIGHPOINT Repairs & handyman services. Painting, plastering & tiling. Michael........0421 896796 HOME MAINTENANCE All aspects. Carpentry, decks, painting, repairs etc. Insured .....0434 705506 LOCAL, HONEST, RELIABLE, high quality work. Home maintenance, odd jobs. Ray..0407 802281 HANDYMAN, TILER AND PROJECT MANAGER 40 years experience. Call Paul ............0422 017072

Allan’s Painting & Decorating Service Family business for 40 years Interior & Exterior Special Finishes & Wallpaper Also available Roof Restoration All work guaranteed Licences: NSW (R53344) & QLD (15091890)

Call now for a free quote 0466 969 067 www.allanspainting.com.au

Ben The Plumber

Servicing Mullumbimby, Ocean Shores, Brunswick Heads, Byron Bay & Surrounds 30 years’ experience Lic: 321191C

Taking on work NOW! 0427 528 108 | benwilton74@icloud.com

Plumbing Service Scotty’sPro Reliable and experienced p d

HEALTH • OTHER HEALTH RELATED SECTIONS IN THIS SERVICE DIRECTORY: Acupuncture, Chiropractic, Counselling, Dentists, Osteopathy, Physiotherapy

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ACUPUNCTURE & COSMETIC MEDICINE Dr Adam Osborne ...........................................66857366 MULLUMBIMBY HERBALS Naturopathic and herbal dispensary, consultations..............66843002 MOVE TO NURTURE PILATES STUDIO & mat classes. Lennox Head ............................0404 459605

Phone Scotty anytime 0419 443 196 scottypro27@gmail.com – NSW Licence Number L13549

AYURVEDA, NATUROPATH, Herbs, Jacinta McEwen – Om Healing..............................0422 387370 THERAPEUTIC MASSAGE Intro $40/60 minutes. Mark .................................................0448 441194

BILL CONNORS All plumbing/draining. Lic #1051 .................................. 66801403 or 0414 801403 PAIN RELIEF REMEDIAL MASSAGE, Ocean Shores. Ph Jordan.....................................0493 063823 LOCAL FRIENDLY PAINTER Detailed, clean and communicative. Dean .......................0421 432308 MARK STRATTON All plumbing & emergency. Sewer drain camera/locator. Lic 57803C ....0419 019035

HIRE

PEST CONTROL

NUT & OLIVE PLUMBING Residential, Commercial & Emergency Plumbing 393055C......0434 572910 Fully Qualified Plumber. Maintenance, drainage, roofing & gas work. #393366C. ........0408 564271

MULLUM HIRE Marquees & all event equipment. Tools & machinery. Pool supplies & service 66843003

INSURANCE AUSURE BYRON BAY General insurance. Phone Mick Urquhart .................................. 0428 200310

LANDSCAPE SUPPLIES

DAVE SPARKES Plumber, drainer, LP gasfitter. Call out $120 inc first hour. Lic209669C ....0418 167074

6681 6555 Free quotes on active termites Environmentally safe

YOUR PEST & TERMITE SPECIALISTS www.allpestsolutions.com.au

Serving the shire since 1986

Sand | Soils | Gravels | Pots & statues | Lots, lots more 1176 Myocum Rd, Mullumbimby (just past golf course)

6684 2323

ENVIRONMENTALLY RESPONSIBLE PEST & TERMITE CONTROL

LANDSCAPING

REMOVALISTS

Andy’s Move & More

Small & Medium Moves, Pianos, Artworks, Tip Runs, 1 or 2 Men at Low Prices to Most Areas Based from Byron Bay & Mullumbimby Calls always returned

0429149 533 Est 2006

SHIRE REMOVALS & FREIGHT CO

THE PEST MAN EXTRAORDINAIRE Second opinion / alternative views. 50 yrs exp .....0418 110714

From Middle Pocket to Middle Earth Just give us a ring

LANDSCAPING & EARTHWORKS LA K KS

BRUNSWICK BYRON PEST CONTROL................................................................................66842018

Text or Ph: 0448 401 638 8

PHOTOGRAPHY

• Freight services to Brisbane weekly • Carriers of fine art • Furniture removal • E-bay pick up & delivery

0409 917 646

goldleaflandscaping

www.goldleaflandscaping.com.au

BLUE EDGE POOL SERVICES Cleaning, maintenance, etc. 20 years experience. Joe..........0405 411466

www.lighthousepest.com.au 02 6685 6061 0432 181 689

20 years local experience 4 ton Kobelco

POOL SERVICES

Tree Faerie Fotos

10 ton Kobelco

LEMONTREELANDSCAPES.COM.AU Liam. Lic No 277154C .........................................0423 700853

Professional • Commercial • Personal

LOCKSMITH

30+ years experience in commercial photography and photojournalism

Brendan Duggan Locksmith. Automotive car keys and lock installation/repair .......0412 764148 FORTRESS LOCKSMITHS Byron Bay & surrounds. Residential & commercial. Luke ......0422 185466

PAINTING • DEPARTMENT OF FAIR TRADING INFO: When dealing with home owners, painters are required to quote a licence number only for external work valued over $5000.

www.treefaeriefotos.com • 0417 427 518

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PHYSIOTHERAPY NICK EDMOND Physiotherapy & Acupuncture. Open Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday 466 Main Arm Road, Mullumbimby.....................................................................................66845288

ALL-WAYS PAINTING • Domestic & Commercial • Servicing all areas • Workmanship guaranteed • Attention to detail

0438 784 226 • 6685 4154

B Timbs Painting

Lic No 189144C

BYRON BAY

Lic 184464C

Bruce Timbs 6685 1018 or 0413 666 267

ALL WORK GUARANTEED Domestic & Commercial

Friendly & Clean

YVES DE WILDE QUALITY PAINTING SERVICES X FINALIST OF THE MASTER PAINTERS OF AUSTRALIA AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE X ENVIRO FRIENDLY PAINTING

6680 7573 0415 952 494 X www.yvesdewilde.com.au

duluxaccredited.com.au X

LIC 114372C

ANTHONY D’ORSOGNA Physiotherapy, acupuncture, hydrotherapy Suffolk Park 1 Bryce St... 66853511 OCEAN SHORES PHYSIOTHERAPY Manual therapies, dry needling, custom orthotics, shock wave therapy, real time ultrasound. Nigel Pitman, Ilse V Oostenbrugge....................66803499 PELVIC FLOOR PHYSIOTHERAPY In Bangalow with Lisa Fitzpatrick on Wed & Thu ....0422 993141 OCEAN SHORES PHYSIOTHERAPY Manual therapies, dry needling, custom orthotics, shock wave therapy, real time ultrasound. Nigel Pitman ....................................................66803499

02 6684 2198 queries@mullumbimbyremovals.com.au

EWINGSDALE PHYSIOTHERAPY Matrix Rythm Therapy, massage, home visits. Renata .0437 647137

PICTURE FRAMING MULLUM PICTURE FRAMERS Studio located in Ocean Shores ..................................0403 734791

Byron Coast Removals

PLASTERING

SERVICING THE NORTHERN RIVERS AND BEYOND

RENDERING / SOLID PLASTERING 25 years experience. Free quotes. Ph John............0406 673176

Competitive rates and packing supplies available

CAPE BYRON PLASTERING Residential, commercial, renos & reps Lic#255548C .........0402 538155

0432 552 067 | 6684 5481 | byroncoastremovals@gmail.com

ALOBAR’S PLASTERING 15 years experience. Short lead times. Free quotes. ..............0456 592161

PLUMBERS

CAPE BYRON REMOVALS PTY LTD Family Owned and Operated Local Business since 1989 Servicing Locally: %\URQ 6KLUH DQG 6XUURXQGV Interstate: &DLUQV %ULVEDQH 6\GQH\ &DQEHUUD 0HOERXUQH $GHODLGH Competitive Rates. Professional Service 0413 505 893 capebyronremovals@gmail.com

NEED A PLUMBER? DRAINER? GASFITTER?

Chay 0429 805 081 25 YEARS LOCAL SERVICE

MAN WITH A VAN/TRUCK Reasonable rates. Phone Don............................................0414 282813 Licence No. 207479C

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BENNY CAN MOVE IT! .................................................................................................0402 199999

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TRANSPORT

DOMESTIC • INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL

MONTYS METAL

ROOFING

Metal Roofing Installations Guttering • Downpipes • Fascia Skylights • Whirlybird Patios Repairs • Leaf Guard

Licence NSW: 30715C Licence QLD: 1227049

Craig Montgomery – 0418 870 362 Email: montysmetalroofing@gmail.com www.montysmetalroofing.com.au

BYRON BUS Co

SEED TREE MAPS mob 0468 829 918 www.seedtreemaps.com info@seedtreemaps.com

Door to Door Charter Services

Call 0490 183 424

arrive@byronbuscompany.com.au

SUMMERLAND TREE SERVICES ............................................. Call Tim 66813140 or 0417 698227 BYRON TREE SERVICES Qualified, insured. Call Alex ....................................................0402 364852 MARTINO TREE SERVICES .............................................................................Martino 0435 019524 LEAF IT TO US 4x4 truck/chipper + crane truck. Local, qualified, insured. Free quotes .......0402 487213

Call Scott on 0413 797 232 info@jshmetalroofing.com.au www.jshmetalroofing.com.au

RUBBISH REMOVAL OCEAN SHORES SKIPS Mini skip specialists ......................................... 0412 161564 or 66841232 TIP RUNS & RUBBISH REMOVAL 4m3 trailer................................................................0408 210772 MAN WITH UTE. RETHINK REUSE RECYCLE. Ph Mark ................................................0411 113300

SELF STORAGE BYRON BAY SELF STORAGE...............................................................................................66858349

Get a Quick Quote Now

UPHOLSTERY

Airpor t Transfers | Tours | Nights Out | Beach Walks Events | Par ties | Weddings | Corporate | Festivals

BANGALOW UPHOLSTERY Now at Billinudgel. Re-covering specialists.............................66805255

TREE SERVICES

CHOPPY CHOP TREE SERVICES • Stump Grinding • Bobcat • Cherrypicker • Crane Truck • 18" Chipper

Mark Linder Qualified Arborist

TRINE SOLUTIONS Local sewerage specialists. Plumbers, drainers & gas fitters. Lic 138031C. 0407 439805

choppychoptrees@bigpond.com

Pioneers of the solar industry Serving Northern NSW since 1998 Your local, qualified team.

Specialists in standalone & grid interact system designs..

Call us on 6679 7228 m 0428 320 262 e sunbeamsolar@bigpond.com w sunbeamsolar.com.au

BYRON BAY VALUERS NSW & QLD reg’d. Chartered Valuers ................... 0431 245460 or 66857010

VETERINARY SURGEONS

The Fully Insured Professionals

SEPTIC SYSTEMS SOLAR INSTALLATION

VALUERS

MULLUM VET CLINIC: Richard Gregory, Bec Willis, Mark Sebastian – After hours avail ...66843818 NORTH COAST VETERINARY SERVICES Dr Lauren Archer.................................................66840735

WATER FILTERS

0408 202 184

SENTINEL TREE CARE

The Water Filter Experts

QUALITY, PROFESSIONAL ADVICE & EXPERTISE YOU CAN TRUST

for home, commercial and rural properties

Expert Pruning • Cleaning and Removal of Plants Tree Removal • Wood Chipping • Stump Grinding

6680 8200 or 0418 108 181

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0421 435 620

www.sentineltreecare.com.au

Electric Lic 124600c

WATER SERVICES

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PRUNING ~ REMOVALS ~ STUMP GRINDING • 20 years local knowledge and experience • Fully insured / free quotes • 19 inch chipper • Bobcat • Cherry picker • Crane truck

www.harttreeservices.com.au

0427 347 380

6684 2022 A/H: 0419 963 750

TELEVISION SERVICES DIGITAL ELECTRONICS REPAIR & SERVICE TV. Audio. Antennas .......... 66843575 or 0414 922786

TILING FRANCHISE OF THE YEAR!

Far North Coast NSW John & Teresa

0408 232 066

TILE & GROUT CLEANING Servicing the Far North Coast for 20 years.

Free quotes. Experienced local technicians.

ChemDry’s patented cleaning systems.

WINTER SPECIAL: Every 5th m2 FREE

WATER SERVICES

• Same day & onsite pump repairs • 24 hour emergency call out • Water filtration design, supply & installation • Pool pump supplies & services • Pool contract servicing • Pool water testing • Household water testing

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WELDING WELDING & FABRICATION Structural, General, Repairs: Steel, Aluminium & Stainless ..0408 410545

WINDOW CLEANING AND REPAIRS CLEAN VIEW Prompt, professional, insured. Phone David.............................................0421 906460 ALL WINDOWS, doors, flyscreens, locks. Hight quality materials. Phone Jake..............0435 506465

Martino TREE SERVICES Byron Bay & Beyond

WINDOW TINTING SUNRISE W. T. 3/19-21 Centennial Cct, Byron. Cars, homes, offices, etc. High quality..0412 158478 SURFWAGON - Car/Home/Office tint. Lifetime Warranty. W/sale price.........................0434 875009

0435 019 524 Leaky showers sealed at a fraction of the cost of re tiling info@theshowersealer.com.au

TREE CARE SPECIALISTS

+ Website Copy + SEO + Creative Copy

AJ’s TILING: all aspects. Bathrooms, kitchens, walls, floors, waterproofing. Lic 239988C. 0416 345202

TILING & WATERPROOFING Quality work, helpful advice, free quotes. Lic#179306C ......... 66801168

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TILER / WATERPROOFER. Lic 24418C. Ph Karl...................................................................0439 232434

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leafittous.com.au kascha@leafittous.com.au

Local . Reliable . Insured

0402 487 213

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Late of Byron Bay and Canberra.

Passed away at home 27 May, 2023, in Brunswick Heads.

Loved daughter of Wal and Ailsa Broadfoot.

Cherished wife of Bert.

Very much loved mother to Andrew (dec) Prue, Nicki (dec) and Kate.

Amazing grandmother to her 6 grandchildren and great grandma to her 7 great grandchildren.

You will be very much missed by all of us. Rest in Peace.

Aged 92 years.

Pam's friends and family are warmly invited to attend a celebration of her life, to be held at St Paul's Anglican Church Byron Bay, 14 Kingsley St on Friday 9 June, commencing at 10.30am.

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Aged 88 years.

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Sport Mullumbimby Giants rope in the Mustangs Inter-club cycling gets underway in Glenugie The Mullumbimby Giants have played their way back into the top four of local, first-grade rugby league with a solid 30–14 win over the Murwillumbah Mustangs, after leading 24–4 at half time.

‘We were dominant in the first half but they gave us a bit of a scare in the second half. But we were definitely the best on the day,’ coach Cody Nelson said.

The win also means Mullumbimby took home the Grant Cook Memorial Cup for 2023.

The side has a lost a couple of games against the better teams in recent weeks but has been strengthened with the return of key players from injury, and other players returning to the team.

‘Corey Morris got the itch to play again, which changed things dramatically,’ he said.

The side is now brimming with confidence to tackle the rest of the season, especially as some of the better teams are getting beaten by lowerplaced sides.

Mullumbimby took home the ‘Cook Cup’ after beating Murwillumbah in first grade. Photo Elna Nelson ‘All the good teams can be beaten on a day. There are no stand-out favorites this year. If we turn up like we did yesterday and play football, there isn’t a team we can’t beat,’ he said.

Next week there is no football owing to the long weekend, but on Sunday June 18 the Giants host local rivals Byron Bay at Les Donnelly Field.

‘There’ll be some footy in it, we are definitely looking

for a win,’ Cody said.

Ladies win The day got off to a good start when the women’s touch team notched up a rare win beating the Mustangs 18–4 in Ladies League Touch. It was the team’s first win in over two years.

In the other grades the games belonged to Murwillumbah with both the U/18s and Reserve-grade sides collecting 60–0 wins.

Master Games on the way for Lismore The Lismore Workers Masters Games is back this year after being cancelled in 2021 due to the pandemic.

The biennial event started in 1999 and has become a popular fixture on the sporting calendar for mature-aged athletes from across New South Wales and Queensland, according to Mayor, Steve Krieg.

The games will take place over September 22–24 and will feature 12 sports including baseball, cricket, fitness challenge, football, five-a-side, golf, hockey, lawn bowls, netball, OZTAG, softball and pickleball.

Over 1000 competitors are expected to attend.

‘After the cancellation of

Darts winner at the Lismore Master’s Games. Photo supplied the 2021 Lismore Masters Games, it is great to see such an iconic Lismore event return to the city,’ he said.

‘The Workers Club has been the major sponsor since the games were first created in 1999,’ he said.

This year’s games will

also include social events including a free ticket to the Lismore Cup on Thursday, September 21.

Registrations are now open and early bird registrations close on Friday, June 30, and the final registration cut-off date is August 18.

Byron Bay Cycling Club is in second place in a three-way tussle after race one of the inter-club cycling series that was held at Glenugie last Saturday.

The event was hosted by the Grafton Cycling Club (GCC) that also celebrated its 130th birthday with a gala dinner.

Yamba Cycling Club (YCC) is also part of the three-team competition.

The race featured a 54km event for A, B, and C grades, and a 26km ride for D grade.

A good turnout of riders in every grade hit the challenging course and earned points for themselves and their clubs in the championship.

Grafton is on top of the table after finishing first in all the grades and ended with a total of 60 points.

Byron has 28 points ahead of Yamba on 16.

The clubs come together for round two of the series when Byron Bay opens its winter racing calendar with

Local cyclists made it down to Grafton for the Club’s 130th birthday dinner and Inter-club racing. Photo supplied an elimination criterium on July 2.

Grafton race results A-grade: Jye Reardon (GCC), Mat Jones (BBCC) and Murray Wilkinson (BBCC).

B-grade: Garry Reardon

(GCC), Derek van Leest (YCC), and Carl Wilkin (BBCC).

C-grade: Tim Keogh (GCC), Don Bennett (GCC), and Les Paine (GCC).

D-grade: Dimitri Perdikaris (GCC), Susan Polsen (GCC).

Wollongbar Alstonville take win in reduced round COVID-19 and a mounting injury toll truncated the senior rounds of Far North Coast Rugby Union with just four games taking place across the top-three grades.

Top-placed first-grade side, Wollongbar Alstonville (WAR), achieved a 33–7 win over Lismore, who are yet to win this season.

The first-grade game between Byron Shire Rebels and Ballina was forfeited by Ballina as they didn’t have enough fit and able prop forwards.

The Casuarina and Casino clash was called off after covid took hold in the Casino camp.

Second grade was similarly affected with the only game being WAR against Lismore. WAR won 62–17.

In the President’s Cup

A gutsy performance by Lismore (green) wasn’t enough against competition leaders, WAR. Photo supplied Mullumbimby’s home game against Kyogle was also called off owing to the number of covid cases in the visiting side.

Next long weekend there is no rugby.

On the following Saturday, June 17, the Byron Shire Rebels will have their first game at the Recreation Grounds (Byron Bay) when they host WAR in a battle for the top of the table.

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Backlash If your legacy as Byron Shire Mayor is a lack of accountability, secret deals and poor process (see page 1), what would you do a year out before the election? Asking for 16,000 ratepayers.

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The Transformations of Crisis podcast series kicked of June 5, which is hosted

by Renew Fest director Ella Rose Goninan. Eight local women are featured in the first series: Annalee Atia, Erica Crebar, Maddy Braddon, Kali Jaguar, Swarna Taylor, Melanie Bloor and Vashti Eastern. To listen, visit www.renewfest.org.au/ podcast or www.hhug.org.au/ podcast.

It’s now on record that Australia’s most decorated living soldier, Ben Roberts-Smith, is a war criminal, a murderer, a bully and a liar. His defamation case was defeated in the High Court, which found media reporting was of ‘substantial truth’. Former NSW MP, Catherine Cusack, ponders this, and more, on page 10.

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Psst: Former federal Liberal politician, Jason Falinski, who chaired a lengthy inquiry into housing markets, is now chairman of Airbnb short-term rental management company, www.airtrip.com.au.

ATO data suggests one per cent of Australian taxpayers own a quarter of property investments, says The Guardian’s Antoun Issa.

Quick, build more houses that only a handful of boomers can afford. And whatever you do, Labor, don’t get in the way of those ‘investors’!

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The village of Brunswick Heads is set to host its Old & Gold garage sale this weekend, with three big fairs, entertainment and plenty of fun – come rain or shine. Pictured in old and gold are Ye Olde Church Fair co-ordinator, Mary Ashton, Old & Gold event co-ordinator, Belinda Burton, the Visitor Centre’s Cherie Heale, and wonder-dog Milly. See more at www.brunswickheads.org.au. Photo Eve Jeffery ‘I love a timid country, a land of scare campaigns, where mindless bogan slogans just overtake our brains. The stunted, short horizons of those who will not see, who, presented with alternatives, think only “me me me”.’

– Anon Byron Bay High School is holding its annual Winter Arts Festival Showcase Evening (a.k.a. the WAF), on Thursday June 15 from 4.30pm. There will be showcases from students from all years, including a 100 student-strong, massed Year 7 choir!

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